JPA 1: JPQL for ORDER BY NULLS LAST - jpa

Is there a way to do an ordering in JPQL query like:
SELECT v
FROM Vehicle v
WHERE ...
ORDER BY v.lastUserUpdate DESC NULLS LAST, v.id DESC;
The NULLS LAST breaks the query. Is there a correct way to do this?

I don't know a JPQL function to allow this as I believe it is database specific. JPA 2.0 has a 'SQL' key word that you can use to have "nulls last" passed through. Something like
"ORDER BY v.lastUserUpdate DESC SQL('NULLS LAST'), ..."
See
http://java-persistence-performance.blogspot.ca/2012/05/jpql-vs-sql-have-both-with-eclipselink.html for more details on what is available in JPA and eclipselink. TopLink uses EclipsLink for JPA, so you will have to verify the version you are using and use native TopLink API if it doesn't support it and you can't upgrade.

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EF core with Cosmos DB seems not support distinct().count(). Is there any approach to do a distinct count?

I find that cosmos DB support get a distinct count using SQL like
select value count(1) from (SELECT distinct c.StoreId FROM c)
But with EF core, context.Model.FromSqlRaw(#join) does not support return a Raw type instead of dbset model. Is it possible to return a custom raw type in ef core?
Queries with an aggregate system function and a subquery with DISTINCT are only supported in specific SDK versions. For example, queries with the following shape are only supported in the below specific SDK versions:
SELECT COUNT(1) FROM (SELECT DISTINCT f.lastName FROM f)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/sql/sql-query-keywords

QueryDSL 4.x subqueries in the FROM clause

Are subqueries in the from clause supported in the latest QueryDSL version? I tried my best but could not find a solution for now.
This is not a QueryDSL issue, but a JPQL limitation. Support for subqueries exists only for Select and Where clauses. From the Hibernate documentation:
Note that HQL subqueries can occur only in the select or where clauses.
You need to use native queries if you wish to utilize subqueries in that fashion. For example, see JPA subquery in from clause for query migration. QueryDSL supports native queries, so the principles should be translatable.

Subquery in FROM clause using CriteriaQuery

I need to implement select from a nested query, for the sake of simplicity let it be:
select * from (select * from city) c
How can this be done using CriteriaQuery and Subquery?
You can't because (select * from city) is not an entity and CritieriaAPI queries on entities not on tables.
The only way would be to create a view for (select * from city) and map that view to an entity.
First, your syntax is not JPA compliant as mentioned previously, secondly, you must know that subqueries in JPQL are allowed only in WHERE and HAVING clauses. The same applies to Criteria queries. If you need the more powerful SQL subquery features then with JPA you have to use JPA provisions for native queries, or otherwise, use another type of JDBC library.

parameterize asc vs desc sort in postgres sql

I want to allow sort to parameterized in a query, field id and order
so I have select .... order by #sortcol
then what? How to I use a parameter to indicate asc vs desc?
Using c# npgsql library.

JPA - MAX of COUNT or SELECT FROM SELECT

I wrote the following query for MySQL:
SELECT subquery.t1_column1,
subquery.t2_id,
MAX(subquery.val)
FROM (
SELECT t1.column1 as t1_column1,
t1.id_t2 AS t2_id,
count(1) AS val
FROM table1 t1
INNER JOIN table2 t2
ON t2.id = t1.id_t2
GROUP BY t1.id_t2
) subquery
GROUP BY t1_column1
And I'd like to translate it into JPA (JPQL or criteria query).
I don't know how to make this max(count) thing, and JPA doesn't seem to like the SELECT FROM SELECT...
If anyone has an idea other than native queries (I'll do it for now), it would be great.
I haven't checked tha JPA specification, but given that the Hibernate documentation says
Note that HQL subqueries can occur only in the select or where
clauses.
I very much doubt that your query can be transformed in a valid JPQL query.
You'll have to keep using this native SQL query.
JPA 2.0 JPQL does not support sub-selects in the from clause. You may want to try to rewrite your query, or use a native SQL query.
EclipseLink 2.4 will support sub-selects in the FROM clause,
see,
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA/Basic_JPA_Development/Querying/JPQL#Sub-selects_in_FROM_clause