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+<?php
+/*
+ *  $Id$
+ *
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+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals
+ * and is licensed under the LGPL. For more information, see
+ * <http://www.phpdoctrine.com>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Doctrine_Ticket_438_TestCase
+ *
+ * @package     Doctrine
+ * @author      Tamcy <7am.online@gmail.com>
+ * @license     http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
+ * @category    Object Relational Mapping
+ * @link        www.phpdoctrine.com
+ * @since       1.0
+ * @version     $Revision$
+ */
+class Doctrine_Ticket_438_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase
+{
+    public function prepareData() 
+    { }
+
+    public function prepareTables()
+    {
+      $this->tables = array('T438_Student', 'T438_Course', 'T438_StudentCourse');
+      parent::prepareTables();
+    }
+
+    protected function newCourse($id, $name)
+    {
+      $course = new T438_Course();
+      $course->id = $id;
+      $course->name = $name;
+      $course->save();
+      return $course;
+    }
+
+    protected function newStudent($id, $name)
+    {
+      $u = new T438_Student();
+      $u->id = $id;
+      $u->name = $name;
+      $u->save();
+      return $u;
+    }
+
+    protected function newStudentCourse($student, $course)
+    {
+      $sc = new T438_StudentCourse;
+      $sc->student_id = $student->id;
+      $sc->course_id = $course->id;
+      $sc->save();
+      return $sc;
+    }
+
+    public function testTicket()
+    {
+      $student1 = $this->newStudent('07090002', 'First Student');
+      $course1 = $this->newCourse('MATH001', 'Maths');
+      $course2 = $this->newCourse('ENG002', 'English Literature');
+
+      $this->newStudentCourse($student1, $course1);
+      $this->newStudentCourse($student1, $course2);
+
+      // 1. Fetch relationship on demand
+      $q = new Doctrine_Query();
+      $q->from('T438_StudentCourse sc')
+        ->where('sc.student_id = ? AND sc.course_id = ?',array('07090002', 'MATH001'));
+
+      $record = $q->execute()->getFirst();
+      $this->assertEqual($record->student_id, '07090002');
+      $this->assertEqual($record->course_id,  'MATH001');
+
+      $this->assertEqual($record->get('Student')->id, '07090002');
+      $this->assertEqual($record->get('Course')->id,  'MATH001');
+
+      // 2. Fetch relationship in single query
+      $q = new Doctrine_Query();
+      $q->select('sc.*, s.*, c.*')
+        ->from('T438_StudentCourse sc, sc.Student s, sc.Course c')
+        ->where('sc.student_id = ? AND sc.course_id = ?',array('07090002', 'MATH001'));
+
+      $record = $q->execute()->getFirst();
+      $this->assertEqual($record->student_id, '07090002');
+      $this->assertEqual($record->course_id,  'MATH001');
+
+      $this->assertEqual($record->get('Student')->id, '07090002');
+      $this->assertEqual($record->get('Course')->id,  'MATH001');
+    }
+}
+
+
+class T438_Student extends Doctrine_Record
+{
+  public function setTableDefinition()
+  {
+    $this->setTableName('t438_student_record');
+
+    $this->hasColumn('s_id as id', 'varchar', 30, array (  'primary' => true,));
+    $this->hasColumn('s_name as name', 'varchar', 50, array ());
+  }
+  
+  public function setUp()
+  {
+    $this->hasMany('T438_Course as StudyCourses', array('refClass' => 'T438_StudentCourse', 'local' => 'sc_student_id', 'foreign' => 'sc_course_id'));
+  }
+}
+
+
+class T438_Course extends Doctrine_Record
+{
+  public function setTableDefinition()
+  {
+    $this->setTableName('t438_course');
+
+    $this->hasColumn('c_id as id', 'varchar', 20, array (  'primary' => true,));
+    $this->hasColumn('c_name as name', 'varchar', 50, array ());
+  }
+  
+  public function setUp()
+  {
+    $this->hasMany('T438_Student as Students', array('refClass' => 'T438_StudentCourse', 'local' => 'sc_course_id', 'foreign' => 'sc_student_id'));
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+class T438_StudentCourse extends Doctrine_Record
+{
+  public function setTableDefinition()
+  {
+    $this->setTableName('t438_student_course');
+
+    $this->hasColumn('sc_student_id as student_id', 'varchar', 30, array (  'primary' => true,));
+    $this->hasColumn('sc_course_id as course_id', 'varchar', 20, array (  'primary' => true,));
+    $this->hasColumn('sc_remark as remark', 'varchar', 500, array ());
+  }
+  
+  public function setUp()
+  {
+    $this->ownsOne('T438_Student as Student', array('local' => 'sc_student_id', 'foreign' => 's_id'));
+    $this->ownsOne('T438_Course as Course', array('local' => 'sc_course_id', 'foreign' => 'c_id'));
+  }
+}