Getting relations within the same table

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Hey guys, I’m wondering how one would go about getting relations and the related objects within the same table. I’ve got a friends column in the Users table which has an one-to-many relationship with other user objects in the same table. I was wondering how I could get the friends of the current user and their individual properties, usernames and stuff. I’ve tried a lot of stuff but can’t seem to get it to work, any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks for your help

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Hi Mudasar!

You need to check “autoload” checkbox for relations to be uploaded:
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Then you just retrieve the object that has a relation and the related object will be loaded too.

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How would I go about getting the properties of the related object, like if i wanted to get test2’s bestFriend’s email/name.

Thanks again for helping