Implementing “where not exists” with NHibernate QueryOver

Question

Using the new QueryOver API in NHibernate, I need to do something equivalent of:

select c.*
from Category c
where not exists (
    select *
             


        

Answer 1

Not tested, but something like this

IEnumerable<Category> FindCategoriesWithoutProduct(Product product)
{
    CategoryProduct categoryProductAlias = null;
    var subQuery = QueryOver.Of<CategoryProduct>(() => categoryProductAlias)   
        .Select(x => categryProductAlias.ID)
        .Where(() => categoryProductAlias.ProductID == "DogFood");

    Category categoryAlias = null;
    return _session
        .QueryOver<Category>(() => categoryAlias)
        .WithSubquery.WhereProperty(() => clientAlias.Id).NotIn(subQuery)
        .List();
}

Answer 2

I'm just running in the same problem, and possible solution is:

Category aliasCategory = null;
CategoryProduct aliasCategoryProduct = null;

var qcp = QueryOver.Of<CategoryProduct>(() => aliasCategoryProduct)
          .Where(() => aliasCategoryProduct.ProductID == "DogFood")
          .Where(() => aliasCategory.Id == aliasCategoryProduct.CategoryID)
          .DetachedCriteria;

return _session.QueryOver<Category>(() => aliasCategory)
               .Where(Subqueries.NotExists(qcp));

It works on my similar criteria.