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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
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import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
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Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all \u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode\u003e blocks\n(function() {\n function addCopyButtons() {\n document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(function(codeBlock) {\n if (codeBlock.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-copy-added')) return;\n codeBlock.parentElement.setAttribute('data-copy-added', 'true');\n \n var btn = document.createElement('button');\n btn.textContent = 'Copy';\n btn.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:4px;right:4px;padding:2px 8px;font-size:11px;background:#4ecdc4;border:none;border-radius:4px;color:#1a1a2e;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.7;transition:opacity 0.2s;';\n btn.onmouseover = function() { this.style.opacity = '1'; };\n btn.onmouseout = function() { this.style.opacity = '0.7'; };\n btn.onclick = function() {\n navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(function() {\n btn.textContent = 'Copied!';\n setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = 'Copy'; }, 1500);\n });\n };\n codeBlock.parentElement.style.position = 'relative';\n codeBlock.parentElement.appendChild(btn);\n });\n }\n \n addCopyButtons();\n \n // Re-run on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(addCopyButtons);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "github.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "github\\.com" + '
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
Expand Up@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description: Computed fields in ZModel

import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
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Expand Up@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description: Computed fields in ZModel

import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length \u003e 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
Expand Up@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description: Computed fields in ZModel

import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "youtube.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
Expand Up@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description: Computed fields in ZModel

import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions docs/orm/computed-fields.md
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import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

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) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
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Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Remove or un-stick sticky/fixed headers that block content\n(function() {\n function unstick() {\n document.querySelectorAll('header, nav, [role=\"banner\"], .header, .navbar, .sticky, .fixed-top, [style*=\"position: fixed\"], [style*=\"position:sticky\"]').forEach(function(el) {\n if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || \n getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {\n el.style.position = 'static';\n el.style.top = 'auto';\n el.style.zIndex = 'auto';\n }\n });\n }\n \n unstick();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(unstick);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['style', 'class'] });\n})();", "Kill Sticky Headers"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Kill Sticky Headers]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />
, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); } })(); })();
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Expand Up@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ description: Computed fields in ZModel

import ZenStackVsPrisma from '../_components/ZenStackVsPrisma';
import StackBlitzGithub from '@site/src/components/StackBlitzGithub';
import AvailableSince from '../_components/AvailableSince';

# Computed Fields

Expand DownExpand Up@@ -80,6 +81,92 @@ type ComputedFieldCallback = (
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

## Parameterized Computed Fields

<AvailableSince version="v3.9.0" />

A computed field can declare typed **parameters**, with the arguments supplied at query time wherever the field is used. This lets a single field express a database-side computation that depends on a runtime value — for example, "count a user's posts created since a given date", or the motivating case of "sort products by their tag name in a chosen category".
Comment thread
coderabbitai[bot] marked this conversation as resolved.

Declare the parameters right after the field name in the ZModel schema (a parameterized field reads just like a regular one, with a parameter list added):

```zmodel
model User {
id Int @id
posts Post[]
recentPostCount(since: DateTime) Int @computed
}
```

The implementation receives the arguments as a **third** parameter, after `eb` and `context`:

```ts
import { sql } from '@zenstackhq/orm/helpers';

const db = new ZenStackClient(schema, {
...
computedFields: {
User: {
// `args` is typed from the field's declared parameters: `{ since: Date }`
recentPostCount: (eb, { modelAlias }, args) =>
eb.selectFrom('Post')
.whereRef('Post.authorId', '=', sql.ref(`${modelAlias}.id`))
.where('Post.createdAt', '>=', args.since)
.select(({ fn }) => fn.countAll<number>().as('count')),
},
},
});
```

Because the arguments are **plain data** (not a callback), they serialize over the wire — so a frontend can drive the query through the auto-CRUD API while it stays a single, policy-checked, `select`-narrowed statement.

### Supplying arguments

The `args` object travels with the field wherever it is used. Note that a parameterized field is **not** returned by default (it needs arguments), so a plain `findMany()` won't include it — you request it explicitly via `select`/`include`.

```ts
const since = new Date('2024-01-01');

// orderBy — `{ args, sort, nulls? }`
await db.user.findMany({ orderBy: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, sort: 'desc' } } });

// where (and `having`) — `args` alongside the filter operators
await db.user.findMany({ where: { recentPostCount: { args: { since }, gte: 5 } } });

// select / include
await db.user.findMany({ include: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });
await db.user.findFirst({ select: { id: true, recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// aggregate — `_count` / `_sum` / `_avg` / `_min` / `_max`
await db.user.aggregate({ _sum: { recentPostCount: { args: { since } } } });

// groupBy — a keyed `{ field, args }` entry in `by`
await db.user.groupBy({
by: [{ field: 'recentPostCount', args: { since } }],
_count: { _all: true },
});
```

The full signature of a parameterized computed field implementation adds the `args` parameter:

```ts
import { OperandExpression, ExpressionBuilder } from 'kysely';

type ParameterizedComputedFieldCallback = (
eb: ExpressionBuilder<...>,
context: {
modelAlias: string
},
args: {
// derived from the field's declared parameters, e.g. `since: DateTime` -> `since: Date`
since: Date
}
) => OperandExpression<...>;
```

:::info
Grouping **by** a computed field whose implementation is a *correlated subquery* is subject to your database's own rules for grouping by a correlated expression (PostgreSQL rejects it; SQLite allows it) — the same constraint that applies to any correlated `GROUP BY`. Computed fields defined by a row-local expression can be grouped on all databases.
:::

## Samples

<StackBlitzGithub repoPath="zenstackhq/v3-doc-orm-computed-fields" />