Friday, May 18, 2012

MS CRM 2011: Code which rechecks that N:N relation exists between 2 records

Sometimes in your code you have to recheck is relation between 2 records exist. I faced with the same issue and developed following code.
private static bool RelationshipExists(IOrganizationService service, 
        string relationshipname, Guid entity1Id, string entity1Name, 
        Guid entity2Id, string entity2Name)
{
    string relationship1EtityName = string.Format("{0}id", entity1Name);
    string relationship2EntityName = string.Format("{0}id", entity2Name);
    
    //This check is added for self-referenced relationships
    if (entity1Name.Equals(entity2Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
    {
        relationship1EtityName = string.Format("{0}idone", entity1Name);
        relationship1EtityName = string.Format("{0}idtwo", entity1Name);
    }

    QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression(entity1Name)
    {
        ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(false)
    };

    LinkEntity link = query.AddLink(relationshipname, 
        string.Format("{0}id", entity1Name), relationship1EtityName);
    link.LinkCriteria.AddCondition(relationship1EtityName, 
        ConditionOperator.Equal, new object[] { entity1Id });
    link.LinkCriteria.AddCondition(relationship2EntityName, 
        ConditionOperator.Equal, new object[] { entity2Id });

    return service.RetrieveMultiple(query).Entities.Count != 0;
}


3 comments:

  1. Nice one. I was just trying to figure out how to do this and after googling found your blog post.

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  2. Hi Andrii,
    Nice One.
    I have a question.please help.
    How can i find whether the record exists in entity after retrieving all the records using query expression.

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    1. Hello Mohsinkhan,
      Not sure what do you mean. Could you please explain?

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