how to fetch a particular value using NSFetchRequest - ios

Question

I need to fetch a particular managed entity where value is xxx.
my managed object is
Subscriptions : NSManagedObject{
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString * name;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber * id;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber * category;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber * frequency;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber * alertType;
}
I need to fetch only the one entities where name is "xxx".
(There will be only one entities where name is xxx.)
I also need to fetch all entities where category is 1.
How can I do this using NSFetchRequest. I know how to use NSFetchedResultsController to fetch all entity values for an entity, but I want to fetch only one where name is xxx.

Answer 1

Suppose you have a NSManagedObjectContext *context, then:
NSFetchRequest *request = [[[NSFetchRequest alloc] init] autorelease]; //Note don't use autorelease if you're using ARC
request.entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:#"Subscriptions" inManagedObjectContext:context];
NSString *someName = #"xxx";
request.predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:#"name ==[c] %#", someName]; //[c] means case insensitive
NSArray *result = [context executeFetchRequest:request error:nil];
The result array will contain all returned results and will be of type Subscriptions. If the predicate matches only one item there will be only one result, if matches none, the array would be initialized, but its count property would be 0. You may take a look at NSPredicate Class Reference and how you use it with CoreData.