Returning Relationships from `query()` method

[mikemand]

Something I want to note for anyone else that may stumble upon this issue: If you return a relationship from the query() method (example below) make sure you call ->getQuery() at the very end to transform the return type from one of the relationships (abstract class: \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation) to an Eloquent Builder. The exception thrown is as follows:

Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError Argument 1 passed to Kdion4891\LaravelLivewireTables\TableComponent::attribute() must be an instance of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder, instance of Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany given

An example of a bad query:

public function query()
{
	return $this->building->expenses()->where('type', 'monthly');
}

And now for a good:

public function query()
{
	return $this->building->expenses()->where('type', 'monthly')->getQuery();
}

Edit: I should note this only causes a problem when searching or sorting. Pagination might be fine, I didn't test that.

[kdion4891]

Interesting find. If it’s a relationship I may need to alter the logic.