My plan is to have a generic modify page that I can pass in the DAO, and then the page would automatically create the correct form fields. I could probably use Transfer to make this work (there does seem to be a bit of meta-data stored in TransferObjects), I'd prefer to roll something up inhouse than be speed-dialing Mark everytime I wonder if Transfer does something ;) Yep, I'm commiting the sin of re-inventing the wheel... or at least parts of it.
For Transfer improvements: One thing that I thought would be included in Transfer is some basic many-to-many selects. If I remember correctly, TransferObjects don't come with a method to get all the joining records in a Many-To-Many relationship. I did a search on the Google Groups for this last week (which I sadly can't find now), and I found a post where it was deemed out of scope for Transfer -- it fit more in a Gateway than a DAO, was the argument. I still haven't "seen the light" when it comes to splitting those two types (Gateways & DAOs) apart. I haven't come across any reason to split them up yet. Again, I've only given Transfer a cursory glance -- got a few test examples running, but never played around with it in a full application.... so forgive me if I'm missing something! This final part is nit-picking, but Transfer is still technically a "beta", is it not? I noticed the version number is .0.6.3. I know tons of people are using it in their live applications, and it seemed to work perfectly for me in my test environment, but there is a little stigma about using beta apps on live servers with the higher-ups. Jonathon -----Original Message----- From: Mark Mandel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 6:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: programmatically add functions to a CFC Jonathan, What is it that Transfer doesn't provide for you, that you need in your application generation? Figured I would ask the question, as I'm always looking for areas in which Transfer canbe improved. Mark On 10/23/07, Jonathon Stierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked into both Transfer and Reactor, and while they're awesome for > DAO, they don't really give me all I'm looking for (*entire* -- or at > least most of it -- application generation). I have been referencing > Transfer for ideas when building my own CFC's -- so there's definitely > more than a little overlap. But in the end, I'd rather have something > tailor fit to my needs than try to mold Transfer or Reactor into > something it's not necessarily meant for. > > Jonathon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 5:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: programmatically add functions to a CFC > > Well hey, your project fits the bill afaik for needing a mix-in of > some sort. I guess Transfer and Reactor didn't fit the bill? It sounds > like those are similar projects. Anyways, yes, a cfinclude will do it for ya. > > -- > nathan strutz > http://www.dopefly.com/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291837 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
