Database Single Query

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Step 1

You can create a database query which returns a single record. That’s really useful in cases where you filter your data and expect a single result to be returned, like retrieving the logged in user info - so no complicated repeats are required.

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In this tutorial we will show you how to filter a Single Query and use the result directly in the rest of the Server Action steps.
We created a server action, which is going to be used for retrieving the logged user details, so we already added the standard database connection and security provider steps:

Right click the Security Provider step, open Database Actions and select Database Single query:

Step 3

Configuring the Database Single Query is identical to configuring a regular database query. Just click Query Builder:

Add the table you want to query and then add the columns you need:

Setup your filters. In our case we filter the user ID by the Identity returned by the Security Provider step:

Step 6

Click OK when you are done.
You can access the Single Query results in any Server Connect step, added after it. In the following example, we have a send mail step and we can directly bind the query results in the mail body:

Click the Dynamic Data Picker button:

And you will see the Single Query bindings available in the picker:

Step 9

You can use them wherever you need them, without using any repeaters as the Single Query only returns a single record.