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bookshop/test/dynamic-constraints/readme.md

@@ -22,5 +22,9 @@ cds repl --run bookshop/test/dynamic-constraints
 ````
 
 ```javascript
+await AdminService.create ('Books', {})
 await AdminService.create ('Books', { title:'   ', author_ID:150 })
+await AdminService.create ('Books', { title:'x' })
+await cds.validate (Books.constraints, 201)
+await cds.validate (Books.constraints)
 ```

bookshop/test/dynamic-constraints/srv/admin-service.cds

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+namespace AdminService; //> for cds.entities
+
 using { AdminService } from '../../../srv/admin-service';
 annotate AdminService with @requires: false;
 extend AdminService.Authors with columns {

bookshop/test/dynamic-constraints/validate.js

@@ -14,18 +14,19 @@ cds.validate = function (x, pk, ...columns) {
   if (x?.ref) [ x, pk ] = [ x.ref +'.constraints', pk.ID||pk ]
 
   // Run the constraints check query
-  const constraints = cds.model.definitions[x] || cds.error `No such constraints view: ${x}`
-  return SELECT.one.from (constraints, pk, columns.length && columns)
+  const constraints = typeof x === 'string' ? cds.model.definitions[x] || cds.error `No such constraints view: ${x}` : x
+  return SELECT.from (constraints, pk, columns.length && columns)
 
   // Collect and throw errors, if any
-  .then (checks => {
+  .then (rows => (rows.map ? rows : [rows]).map (checks => {
     const failed = {}; for (let c in checks) {
       if (c in constraints.keys) continue
       if (c[0] == '_') continue
       if (checks[c]) failed[c] = checks[c]
     }
     if (Object.keys(failed).length) throw cds.error `Invalid input: ${failed}`
-  })
+    return checks
+  }))
 }