Leave out discriminator part of Doctrine' generated SQL

Question

Assume the following AbstractPage model:

/*
 *     @ORM\\Entity
 *     @ORM\\Table(name=\"page\")
 *     @ORM\\InheritanceType(\"SINGLE_TABLE\")
 *          


        

Answer 1

Here is the solution I can think out. The idea is to extend some doctrine classes to add functionality required. Keep models as they are now.

Create new class extending SqlWalker (update namespaces of course)

getQuery()->getHint(self::IGNORE_DISCRIMINATION);
    if ($ignoreDescription !== false) {
      // For each aliases...
      foreach ($this->getQueryComponents() as $k => $component) {
        // ...check if alias is in ignore list
        if (in_array($k, $ignoreDescription)) {
          /** @var $metaObj ClassMetadata */
          $metaObj = $component['metadata'];
          // Update inheritance type to disable discrimination where
          if ($metaObj->isInheritanceTypeSingleTable()) {
            $metaObj->setInheritanceType(ClassMetadata::INHERITANCE_TYPE_NONE);
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return parent::walkWhereClause($whereClause);
  }
}

Then making query you do the following:

echo $entityManager->createQuery("SELECT p FROM \Sad\Schema\AbstractPage as p")->getSQL();
// Output: ELECT p0_.id AS id_0, p0_.name AS name_1, p0_.type AS type_2 FROM page p0_ WHERE p0_.type IN ('page', 'link')

$query = $entityManager->createQuery("SELECT p FROM \Sad\Schema\AbstractPage as p");
// Make sure query uses custom walker
$query->setHint(\Doctrine\ORM\Query::HINT_CUSTOM_OUTPUT_WALKER, 'Sad\CustomSqlWalker');
// Specify which aliases should ignore discrimination
$query->setHint(\Sad\CustomSqlWalker::IGNORE_DISCRIMINATION, array('p'));

echo $query->getSQL();
// Output: ELECT p0_.id AS id_0, p0_.name AS name_1, p0_.type AS type_2 FROM page p0_