Getting world state by value

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I'm new to blockchain and working with hyperledger fabric (v:0.6 for now) to create an application for learning perspective.

I'm keeping a ledger of financial transactions on blockchain, soon as a transaction takes place (A web based component notifies on transaction occurrence and calls the chaincode).

The structure of transactions looks something like this:

type Transactions struct { 
    ReferenceNumber string `json:"ReferenceNumber"`
    BillNumber string `json:"BillNumber"`
    BillingCompany string `json:"BillingCompany"`
    Amount string `json:"Amount"`
    Status string `json:"Status"`
}

I json marshal this and save it to state with ReferenceNumber as the key.

Now I can get the transaction from state on the basis of ReferenceNumber. But what if I want to get the transaction from state on the basis of let's say 'Status' like how many transactions on the ledger have status as 'reconciled'.

Is there any way to query state not on the basis of key but value?

Jun 27, 2018 in Blockchain by charlie_brown
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Worldstate level storage works at the {key,value} level. And as obvious its only intended for a single value lookup for a specified key. I think what you are looking for calls for a next level higher level of Abstraction of WorldState - called Table constructs.fabric/examples/chaincode/go/asset_management_interactive/asset_management.go has an example on how to create a table with the columns you want. While defining the primary keys of your data structure to hold the transaction, you include Status as one of the keys and you would be able to retrieve data on the basis of Status as well.

Some sample code to create the table is as below

func createTableTwo(stub shim.ChaincodeStubInterface) error {
    var columnDefsTableTwo []*shim.ColumnDefinition
    columnOneTableTwoDef := shim.ColumnDefinition{Name: "colOneTableTwo",
        Type: shim.ColumnDefinition_STRING, Key: true}
    columnTwoTableTwoDef := shim.ColumnDefinition{Name: "colTwoTableTwo",
        Type: shim.ColumnDefinition_INT32, Key: false}
    columnThreeTableTwoDef := shim.ColumnDefinition{Name: "colThreeTableThree",
        Type: shim.ColumnDefinition_INT32, Key: true}
    columnFourTableTwoDef := shim.ColumnDefinition{Name: "colFourTableFour",
        Type: shim.ColumnDefinition_STRING, Key: true}
    columnDefsTableTwo = append(columnDefsTableTwo, &columnOneTableTwoDef)
    columnDefsTableTwo = append(columnDefsTableTwo, &columnTwoTableTwoDef)
    columnDefsTableTwo = append(columnDefsTableTwo, &columnThreeTableTwoDef)
    columnDefsTableTwo = append(columnDefsTableTwo, &columnFourTableTwoDef)
    return stub.CreateTable("tableTwo", columnDefsTableTwo)
}

answered Jun 27, 2018 by aryya
• 7,460 points

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