mention SQL arrays in HQL documentation

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Gavin King 2024-11-16 23:34:00 +01:00
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@ -1169,6 +1169,17 @@ Finally, the following functions evaluate the id, version, or natural id of an e
Useful with associations annotated `@NotFound`. | ✖
|===
[[array-functions]]
==== Array, XML, and JSON functions
On supported platforms, HQL provides a rich suite of functions for working with:
- link:{doc-user-guide-url}#hql-functions-arrays[SQL arrays],
- link:{doc-user-guide-url}#hql-functions-json[JSON], and
- link:{doc-user-guide-url}#hql-functions-xml[XML]
The use of these functions is outside the scope of this guide.
[[embedding-sql]]
==== Embedding SQL expressions
@ -1442,8 +1453,9 @@ This less-than-lovely fragment of the HQL ANTLR grammar tells us that the thing
- a list of values enclosed in parentheses,
- a subquery,
- one of the collection-handling functions defined <<elements-indices,above>>, or
- a query parameter,
- one of the collection-handling functions defined <<elements-indices,above>>,
- a query parameter, or
- an expression evaluating to a link:{doc-introduction-url}#arrays[SQL array].
The type of the expression on the left, and the types of all the values on the right must be compatible.

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@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Every explicit association join specifies an entity attribute to be joined.
The specified attribute:
* is usually a `@OneToMany`, `@ManyToMany`, `@OneToOne`, or `@ManyToOne` association, but
* it could be an `@ElementCollection`, and
* it could be an `@ElementCollection`, or even just a link:{doc-introduction-url}#arrays[SQL array], and
* it might even be an attribute of embeddable type.
In the case of an association or collection, the generated SQL will have a join of the same type.

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@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ inList
| "(" (expression ("," expression)*)? ")"
| "(" subquery ")"
| parameter
| expression