NHibernate. Join unrelated entities

Question

Is there any way to execute following query with native NHibernate linq provider?

var result =
    (from e1 in Session.Query()
     join e2 in Se         


        

Answer 1

Not using LINQ, but you can do theta joins when using HQL.

Select e1.Id, e1.SomeField, e2.SomeUnrelatedField 
from Entity1 e1, Entity2 e2  where e1.SomeField = e2.SomeField

However, you won't be able to do outer joins with this. So if that's a requirement, you'll have to go with raw SQL.

Answer 2

It's still not supported.

You should either introduce a relation between the objects or use SQL for the query.

Answer 3

I'm not quite sure when this was introduced but this is now supported by NHibernate. I am using version 3.3.1 and I have a query very similar to yours working well. The test below works for me:

[TestFixture]
public class NHibernateJoinUnrelatedEntitiesTest
{
    private ISessionFactory sessionFactory;

    [Test]
    public void I_Can_Join_Unrelated_Entities()
    {
        // Arrange
        ISession session = sessionFactory.OpenSession();

        // Act
        var results = (
                          from c in session.Query<Customer>()
                          from wal in session.Query<WebsiteActivityLog>()
                          where c.Id == wal.CustomerId
                                && c.Id == 54856
                          select new { CustomerId = c.Id, Name = c.FirstName, Address = wal.IpAddress }
                      ).ToList();

        // Assert
        Assert.NotNull( results );
    }

    public class Customer
    {
        public virtual int Id { get; set; }
        public virtual string FirstName { get; set; }
    }

    public class WebsiteActivityLog
    {
        public virtual int Id { get; set; }
        public virtual int CustomerId { get; set; }
        public virtual string IpAddress { get; set; }
    }

    public class CustomerMap : ClassMap<Customer>
    {
        public CustomerMap()
        {
            Id( x => x.Id );
            Map( x => x.FirstName );
        }
    }

    public class WebsiteActivityLogMap : ClassMap<WebsiteActivityLog>
    {
        public WebsiteActivityLogMap()
        {
            Id( x => x.Id );
            Map( x => x.CustomerId );
            Map( x => x.IpAddress );
        }
    }
}