Set Relation using condition

API request replaces related objects with the ones identified in the API call. Child objects are referenced implicitly - through "whereClause" defining the condition for object selection.

Using Untyped ObjectsCustom Class/Function

Backendless.Data.of( "TABLE-NAME" ).setRelation( 
    parentObject,
    relationColumnName,
    whereClause )
 .then( function( count ) {
  })
 .catch( function( error ) {
 });

Backendless.Data.of( ClassFunctionRef ).setRelation( 
      parentObject,
      relationColumnName,
      whereClause )
 .then( function( count ) {
  })
 .catch( function( error ) {
 });

where:

Argument	Description
TABLE-NAME	Name of the table where the parent object is stored.
ClassFunctionRef	Reference to a JS function/class identifying the table. Name of the table must match the name of the function.
parentObject	The object which will be assigned related children for relatedColumnName. When this argument is a plain JS  object(for the "Untyped Objects" approach), it must contain the "objectId" property.
relationColumnName	Name of the column identifying the relation. Objects from the childrenArray array will be set as related for the  column in parentObject. The column name may optionally include table name separated by the colon character (see the note below):

Important

If the column does not exist in the parent table at the time when the API is called, the value of the "relationColumnName " argument must include the name of the child table separated by colon and the cardinality notation. The cardinality is expressed as ":1 " for one-to-one relations and ":n " for one-to-many relations. For example, the value of "myOrder:Order:1 " will create a one-to-one relation column "myOrder " in the parent table. The column will point to the Order child table. Likewise, the value of "myOrder:Order:n " will create a one-to-many relation column "myOrder " pointing to the Order table.

Argument	Description
whereClause	A where clause condition identifying objects in the child table which will be set as the related objects for the parent object.

Return Value

Number of child objects set into the relation.

Example

The following request creates a relation between a Person object and all objects in the Users table which match the provided query. The query is specified in the whereClause argument:

name='Joe' or name = 'Frank'. 

As a result of the operation, all User objects where the name property is either Joe or Frank will be set in the relation. The relation column is created if it does not exist. This is done because the column name argument contains the child table qualifier, defined as ":Users:n" right after the column name.

Using Untyped ObjectsCustom Class/Function

var parentObject = { objectId:"41230622-DC4D-204F-FF5A-F893A0324800" };

Backendless.Data.of( "Person" ).setRelation( parentObject, 
                                             "users:Users:n", 
                                             "name = \"Joe\" or name = \"Frank\"" )
 .then( function( count ) {
    console.log( "relation has been set" );
  })
 .catch( function( error ) {
    console.log( "server reported an error - " + error.message );
  });

function Person {
  // define Person class properties here
}

var personObject = // personObject retrieval is out of scope in this example

Backendless.Data.of( Person ).setRelation( parentObject, 
                                             "users:Users:n", 
                                             "name = \"Joe\" or name = \"Frank\"" )
 .then( function( count ) {
    console.log( "relation has been set" );
  })
 .catch( function( error ) {
    console.log( "server reported an error - " + error.message );
  });