How to return object from a DQL query?

I have written a DQL query in Doctrine 2:
$qb->select(‘r.position’)
->from(‘\Entities\Races’, ‘r’)
->where($qb->expr()->eq(‘r.entrantId’, ‘:entrant_id’))
->setParameter(‘entrant_id’, $this->entrantId);
$query = $qb->getQuery();
$aRaces = $query->getResult();Currently it returns the results of the query in an array like so:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[position] => 10
)

[1] => Array
(
[position] => 4
)
)I want the result to return an array of Races objects so that I can access the methods associated with the object (I’m pretty sure the previous version of Doctrine returned objects by default).
I tried:
$aRaces = $query->getResult(Query::HYDRATE_OBJECT);But that didn’t make a difference.
Appreciate the help
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You are fetching only position column from DB. Try replacing select(‘r.position’) with select(r). See DQL reference
If you need objects with only position attribute, refer to partial objects