Sails.js Waterline UPDATE：如何处理多个更新

Question

I have an array of objects that I want to update, thus a multiple update. I am looking for the best way to implement this. Each object includes the same properties, but the properties for each object have different values.

Do I implement something like this?

var people = [
    {'firstName': 'Brian', 'clockedIn': '2016-4-12', 'type': 'developer'},
    {'firstName': 'Taylor', 'clockedIn': '2016-4-14', 'type': 'developer'},
    {'firstName': 'Jake', 'clockedIn': '2016-4-14', 'type': 'manager'}
];

PersonModel.update({'type': 'developer'}, people, function(err, records) {
    // ...
    // ...
});

If I do something like the previous code, what exactly does it do? Does it automatically try to match the primary key of each record in the people array, update any of the properties that are listed, and then pass the records that were updated into the callback function?

I noticed in the Sails.js documentation here that the second argument for the update function can be an object OR an array, I am just unclear if I can use it like this. The documentation is unclear.

If I cannot use it like this and I wanted to try an iterative or recursive approach, how would you suggest I implement it?

Answer 1

What is your adapter ?

I had to do this with MySQL, I make the query my self , and then call PersonModel.query(myQuery)

I follow this answer to make it (example with two field) :

values = [
     {
         id: 1,
         param_1: 'NewValueParam1',
         param_2: 'NewValueParam2'
     },
     {
         id: 2,
         param_1: 'AnotherNewValueParam1',
         param_2: 'AnotherNewValueParam2'
     }
];

function multiValuesUpdate(values) {
    var request = "UPDATE MyTable SET ";
    var part_param_1 = "`param_1` = (CASE `id` ";
    var part_param_2 = "`param_2` = (CASE `id` ";
    var part_ids = "WHERE `id` IN (";

    _.forEach(values, function (v) {
        part_param_1 += "WHEN '" + v.id + "' THEN '" + v.param_1 + "' ";
        part_param_2 += "WHEN '" + v.id + "' THEN '" + v.param_2 + "' ";
        part_ids += v.id + ",";
    });
    part_param_1 += "ELSE `param_1` END), "; // Be careful with the comma !
    part_param_2 += "ELSE `param_2` END) ";
    part_ids = part_ids.slice(0, -1) + ");"; // Remove the last "," and add ");"

    request += part_param_1 + part_param_2 + part_ids;
    return request;
}

console.log(multiValuesUpdate(values));

Output :

"UPDATE MyTable 
   SET `param_1` = (
   CASE `id` 
      WHEN '1' THEN 'NewValueParam1' 
      WHEN '2' THEN 'AnotherNewValueParam1' 
      ELSE `param_1` 
   END), 
   `param_2` = (
   CASE `id` 
      WHEN '1' THEN 'NewValueParam2' 
      WHEN '2' THEN 'AnotherNewValueParam2' 
      ELSE `param_2` 
   END) 
 WHERE `id` IN (1,2);"