order by nested associations

lib/dialects/abstract/query-generator.js

@@ -331,7 +331,14 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     /*
       Quote an object based on its type. This is a more general version of quoteIdentifiers
       Strings: should proxy to quoteIdentifiers
-      Arrays: First argument should be qouted, second argument should be append without quoting
+      Arrays:
+        * Expects array in the form: [<model> (optional), <model> (optional),... String, String (optional)]
+          Each <model> can be a daoFactory or an object {model: DaoFactory, as: String}, matching include
+        * Zero or more models can be included in the array and are used to trace a path through the tree of
+          included nested associations. This produces the correct table name for the ORDER BY/GROUP BY SQL
+          and quotes it.
+        * If a single string is appended to end of array, it is quoted.
+          If two strings appended, the 1st string is quoted, the 2nd string unquoted.
       Objects:
         * If raw is set, that value should be returned verbatim, without quoting
         * If fn is set, the string should start with the value of fn, starting paren, followed by
@@ -339,14 +346,71 @@ module.exports = (function() {
           unless they are themselves objects
         * If direction is set, should be prepended
 
-      Currently this function is only used for ordering / grouping columns, but it could
+      Currently this function is only used for ordering / grouping columns and Sequelize.col(), but it could
       potentially also be used for other places where we want to be able to call SQL functions (e.g. as default values)
     */
-    quote: function(obj, force) {
+    quote: function(obj, parent, force) {
       if (Utils._.isString(obj)) {
         return this.quoteIdentifiers(obj, force)
       } else if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-        return this.quote(obj[0], force) + ' ' + obj[1]
+        // loop through array, adding table names of models to quoted
+        // (checking associations to see if names should be singularised or not)
+        var quoted = []
+          , i
+          , len = obj.length
+        for (i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
+          var item = obj[i]
+          if (Utils._.isString(item) || item instanceof Utils.fn || item instanceof Utils.col || item instanceof Utils.literal || item instanceof Utils.cast || 'raw' in item) {
+            break
+          }
+
+          if (!Utils._.isPlainObject(item)) {
+            item = {model: item}
+          }
+
+          // find applicable association for linking parent to this model
+          var model = item.model
+            , as
+            , associations = parent.associations
+            , association
+          if (item.hasOwnProperty('as')) {
+            as = item.as
+            association = Utils._.find(associations, function(association, associationName) {
+              return association.target === model && associationName === as
+            })
+          } else {
+            association = Utils._.find(associations, function(association, associationName) {
+              return association.target === model ?
+                associationName === (
+                  association.doubleLinked ?
+                  association.combinedName:
+                  (
+                    association.isSingleAssociation ?
+                    Utils.singularize(model.tableName, model.options.language) :
+                    parent.tableName + model.tableName
+                  )
+                ) :
+                association.targetAssociation && association.targetAssociation.through === model
+            })
+            // NB association.target !== model clause below is to singularize names of through tables in hasMany-hasMany joins
+            as = (association && (association.isSingleAssociation || association.target !== model)) ? Utils.singularize(model.tableName, model.options.language) : model.tableName
+          }
+
+          quoted[i] = as
+
+          if (!association) {
+            throw new Error('\'' + quoted.join('.') + '\' in order / group clause is not valid association')
+          }
+
+          parent = model
+        }
+
+        // add 1st string as quoted, 2nd as unquoted raw
+        var sql = (i > 0 ? this.quoteIdentifier(quoted.join('.')) + '.' : '') + this.quote(obj[i], parent, force)
+        if (i < len - 1) {
+          sql += ' ' + obj[i + 1]
+        }
+        return sql
       } else if (obj instanceof Utils.fn || obj instanceof Utils.col || obj instanceof Utils.literal || obj instanceof Utils.cast) {
         return obj.toString(this)
       } else if (Utils._.isObject(obj) && 'raw' in obj) {
@@ -497,12 +561,12 @@ module.exports = (function() {
         }
 
         if (attr instanceof Utils.fn || attr instanceof Utils.col) {
-          return self.quote(attr)
+          return attr.toString(self)
         }
 
         if(Array.isArray(attr) && attr.length == 2) {
           if (attr[0] instanceof Utils.fn || attr[0] instanceof Utils.col) {
-            attr[0] = self.quote(attr[0])
+            attr[0] = attr[0].toString(self)
             addTable = false
           }
           attr = [attr[0], this.quoteIdentifier(attr[1])].join(' as ')
@@ -703,7 +767,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
 
       // Add GROUP BY to sub or main query
       if (options.group) {
-        options.group = Array.isArray(options.group) ? options.group.map(function (t) { return this.quote(t) }.bind(this)).join(', ') : options.group
+        options.group = Array.isArray(options.group) ? options.group.map(function (t) { return this.quote(t, factory) }.bind(this)).join(', ') : options.group
         if (subQuery) {
           subQueryItems.push(" GROUP BY " + options.group)
         } else {
@@ -723,7 +787,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
 
       // Add ORDER to sub or main query
       if (options.order) {
-        options.order = Array.isArray(options.order) ? options.order.map(function (t) { return this.quote(t) }.bind(this)).join(', ') : options.order
+        options.order = Array.isArray(options.order) ? options.order.map(function (t) { return this.quote(t, factory) }.bind(this)).join(', ') : options.order
 
         if (subQuery) {
           subQueryItems.push(" ORDER BY " + options.order)
@@ -950,9 +1014,9 @@ module.exports = (function() {
       })
 
       if (options.include) {
-        return this.quoteIdentifier(keyParts.join('.')) + '.' +  this.quote(attributePart);
+        return this.quoteIdentifier(keyParts.join('.')) + '.' + this.quoteIdentifiers(attributePart)
       }
-      return this.quoteIdentifiers(dao.tableName + '.' +  attributePart);
+      return this.quoteIdentifiers(dao.tableName + '.' + attributePart)
     },
 
     getConditionalJoins: function(options, originalDao){

lib/utils.js

@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ var Utils = module.exports = {
   },
 
   col: function (col) {
+    if (arguments.length > 1) {
+      col = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+    }
     this.col = col
   },
 
@@ -588,23 +591,27 @@ Utils.cast.prototype.toString = function(queryGenerator) {
   return 'CAST(' + this.val + ' AS ' + this.type.toUpperCase() + ')'
 }
 
-Utils.fn.prototype.toString = function(queryGenerator) {
+Utils.fn.prototype.toString = function(queryGenerator, parentModel) {
   return this.fn + '(' + this.args.map(function (arg) {
     if (arg instanceof Utils.fn || arg instanceof Utils.col) {
-      return arg.toString(queryGenerator)
+      return arg.toString(queryGenerator, parentModel)
     } else {
       return queryGenerator.escape(arg)
     }
   }).join(', ') + ')'
 }
 
-Utils.col.prototype.toString = function (queryGenerator) {
-  if (this.col.indexOf('*') === 0) {
+Utils.col.prototype.toString = function (queryGenerator, parentModel) {
+  if (Array.isArray(this.col)) {
+    if (!parent) {
+      throw new Error('Cannot call Sequelize.col() with array outside of order / group clause')
+    }
+  } else if (this.col.indexOf('*') === 0) {
     return '*'
   }
-  return queryGenerator.quote(this.col)
+  return queryGenerator.quote(this.col, parentModel)
 }
 
 Utils.CustomEventEmitter = require(__dirname + "/emitters/custom-event-emitter")
 Utils.QueryChainer = require(__dirname + "/query-chainer")
-Utils.Lingo = require("lingo")
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+Utils.Lingo = require("lingo")