Maybe Generate only exists for PrimaryKey. I think it's better to  
resort to the DB-engine  for the autoincrement.


On 12 feb 2009, at 22:03, Martin Nilsson wrote:

> Where do I put this?
> Can't find the generate property. Is it possible with ActiveRecord  
> or is it only possible with NHibernate?
> I thought it should be something like this:
>
> [Property(Insert = false, Update = false, Generate = true)]
> public int OrderId { get; set; }
>
> But Generate does not exist.
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Ayende Rahien <[email protected]>  
> wrote:
> insert = false, update = false, generate = true.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Martin Nilsson  
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried with Formula and update=false but no success
> Have to look into Formula a little bit more.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Jimmy Shimizu <[email protected] 
> > wrote:
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to have a
>
> [Field("some_auto_incrementing_field_in_db", Update = false)]
> public int OrderNumber;
>
> perhaps? I'm trying the Update = false thing right now myself, I'll  
> let
> you know if I'm successful :)
>
>
> Martin Nilsson wrote:
> > Number 1, is that possible with AR? I can't have it as a primary key
> > but as a normal property. Tried a little bit with the Formula
> > parameter for PropertyAttribute but didn't had any progress there  
> either.
> >
> > [ActiveRecord]
> > public class Order
> > {
> >   [PrimaryKey(PrimaryKeyType.GuidComb)]
> >   public Guid Id {get; set;}
> >
> >   [Property(??)]
> >   public int OrderNumber {get; set;}
> > }
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Ken Egozi <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     off the top of my head:
> >     1. you can set it as a readonly property, and have the DB  
> initiate
> >     the value (in SQL server use IDENTITY(1000, 1) ).  I think you'd
> >     need to set the field as int? so it won't try to save 0 to the  
> DB
> >     2. call the DB when inserting to get the highest OrderNumber and
> >     plus 1 it
> >     3. If you know for sure that only the application can access the
> >     DB, you might consider setting a variable with the last
> >     OrderNumber, increasing it when needed with an appropriate  
> logging
> >     mechanism.
> >
> >
> >     On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Martin Nilsson
> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >         How do I best setup my active record class to have a natural
> >         key. Instead of guid as order number I want a sequence that
> >         starts with 10000 for example.
> >
> >         [ActiveRecord]
> >         public class Order
> >         {
> >           [PrimaryKey(PrimaryKeyType.GuidComb)]
> >           public Guid Id {get; set;}
> >
> >           [??]
> >           public int OrderNumber {get; set;}
> >         }
> >
> >         Note that I will still have guid as id to keep track of if  
> it
> >         is saved or not but I want to show the customer a more
> >         friendly order number.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Ken Egozi.
> >     http://www.kenegozi.com/blog
> >     http://www.delver.com
> >     http://www.musicglue.com
> >     http://www.castleproject.org
> >     http://www.gotfriends.co.il
> >
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