Sequelize hasMany through another table
From my understanding, the tables you've created a many to many relationship and that when you query for a "Module", you want all the "Competence" associated to it.
Though I wasn't able to get .hasMany()
working, the error produced was:
Trace: [TypeError: Cannot call method 'replace' of undefined]
at null.<anonymous> (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/app.js:61:13)
at tryCatch1 (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:45:21)
at Promise._callHandler (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:571:13)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:581:18)
at Promise._settlePromiseAt (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:713:18)
at Promise._settlePromiseAt (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/lib/promise.js:76:18)
at Promise._settlePromises (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/promise.js:854:14)
at Async._consumeFunctionBuffer (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/async.js:85:12)
at Async.consumeFunctionBuffer (/Users/sjlu/Development/29165644/node_modules/sequelize/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/async.js:40:14)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13)
In which this output is almost impossible to debug.
However, I was able to create your model bindings and query it correctly with the .belongsToMany()
associations
Competence.belongsToMany(Module, {
through: Module_has_competence,
as: 'module',
foreignKey: 'module_id'
})
Module.belongsToMany(Competence, {
through: Module_has_competence,
as: 'competence',
foreignKey: 'competence_id'
})
Which outputs a query that you're looking for
SELECT `module`.`id`,
`module`.`name`,
`module`.`description`,
`module`.`category_id`,
`module`.`module_type_id`,
`module`.`gives_score`,
`module`.`duration`,
`module`.`price`,
`module`.`createdat`,
`module`.`updatedat`,
`competence`.`id` AS `competence.id`,
`competence`.`name` AS `competence.name`,
`competence`.`organization_id` AS
`competence.organization_id`,
`competence`.`competence_type_id` AS
`competence.competence_type_id`,
`competence`.`createdat` AS
`competence.createdAt`,
`competence`.`updatedat` AS
`competence.updatedAt`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`id` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.id`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`module_id` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.module_id`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`competence_id` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.competence_id`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`score` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.score`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`createdat` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.createdAt`,
`competence.module_has_competence`.`updatedat` AS
`competence.module_has_competence.updatedAt`
FROM `module` AS `module`
LEFT OUTER JOIN (`module_has_competence` AS
`competence.module_has_competence`
INNER JOIN `competence` AS `competence`
ON `competence`.`id` =
`competence.module_has_competence`.`module_id`)
ON `module`.`id` =
`competence.module_has_competence`.`competence_id`
WHERE `module`.`id` = 1;
To my understanding .hasMany
references a 1:M relationship, which does not require a join table.
http://docs.sequelizejs.com/en/latest/docs/associations/#one-to-many-associations
Here's the gist of how I got to this conclusion:
https://gist.github.com/sjlu/fa5c2e0e267cd692418a
Steven's answer did not work for me but switching the foreign keys.
Competence.belongsToMany(Module, {
through: Module_has_competence,
as: 'module',
foreignKey: 'competence_id'
});
Module.belongsToMany(Competence, {
through: Module_has_competence,
as: 'competence',
foreignKey: 'module_id'
});