How many "AND" can you have on a SpringData query? - spring-boot

Question

I've created this method:
Long getAttributesAfterTimeSent(String x, String y, Long timeSent) {
return repository.countByXAndYAndZTypesAndTimeSentGreaterThanEqual(
x,
y,
new ArrayList<String>() {{ add("attribute1"); add("attribute2"); }},
timeSent);
}
The signature of this method in the repository is as follows:
Long countByXAndYAndZTypesAndTimeSentGreaterThanEqual(String x, String y, Collection<String> attributeTypes, timeSent);
When I run it, i get the following error:
13:18:40.784 [main] INFO o.h.h.i.QueryTranslatorFactoryInitiator - HHH000397: Using ASTQueryTranslatorFactory
13:18:41.014 [main] WARN o.h.e.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper - SQL Error: 1797, SQLState: 42000
13:18:41.014 [main] ERROR o.h.e.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper - SQL error: 1797 ORA-01797: this operator must be followed by ANY or ALL
javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet
Any pointers?

Answer 1

Figured out the answer.
One of my types was a non-scalar type the: ArrayList.
For cases like this we need to use the IN keyword in the JPA method.
So when changing the method from
countByXAndYAndZTypesAndTimeSentGreaterThanEqual
to
countByXAndYAndZTypesInAndTimeSentGreaterThanEqual
it worked like charm.

Answer 2

This almost certainly has nothing to do with the number of AND phrases in your method.
The limit is only implicit through something like maximum method name length, maximum query length, maximum number of parameters.
It will be way higher than anything any sane person will try to cram in a single method name.
The cause of the exception you are seeing is:
CAUSE:
equal operator = followed by multiple value like (1,2)
This probably means: one of the parameters or maybe some of the attributes is not of scalar type, but some kind of collection or array.
If these leads you toward something you can't easily express through a method name use a #Query annotation and provide the exact query you need to execute.