Using the units-function with a value from a table column

Data Service
1

Hello!

I have the following query:
[queryBuilder setWhereClause:[NSString stringWithFormat:@“distance( %@, %@, lastLatitude, lastLongitude ) < km(100)”, savedGeoPoint.latitude, savedGeoPoint.longitude]];

And it works like a charm! The distance function saved me from a hell of queries and calculation!
What I would like to do next is use a value from a column of the same table to feed to the km() function like so:
[queryBuilder setWhereClause:[NSString stringWithFormat:@“distance( %@, %@, lastLatitude, lastLongitude ) < km(signalRadius)”, savedGeoPoint.latitude, savedGeoPoint.longitude]];
(signalRadius is an INT)
However, when I try that I get the following error:

FAULT = ‘1055’ [Unknown function ‘km’] <Unknown function ‘km’>

Is this functionality not supported or am I doing something wrong?
If this is not supported - would you consider implementing it?

Thanks!

2

Hello,
Currently you can only use an integer literal (i.e. a number like 100, 1000 etc.) as an argument to km, mi or other units, but not an integer column.

3

Hello,

Thanks for answering! Do you plan to add the option to use a value from a column in the future?

4

There are no such plans yet, but we shall consider it now. I tried to check whether it could be a quick fix and unfortunately it requires some additional underlying work, because the units value is calculated before the request actually goes to database and there’s no way to resolve a column to its value at this stage.

5

I see! Thanks for checking that!
As an alternative - would it be possible to calculate the value of the units-function instead of using it?
For example if it outputs the distance in meters the query can look like this:
distance( lat, lon, lastLatitude, lastLongitude ) < signalRadius * 1000

6

As far as I’m concerned, the value of distance is in meters, so your example should work correctly.

7

I just did a few tests and I think it works correctly. Thanks a lot! :slight_smile: