thanks Nathan, the way you explained it is so understandable. very much appreciated and glad to know we are on the right track :)
>Hey richard, >I think it sounds like you're doing a good job so far. What I would do from >here is, in your test object, add a getProjects() method and in the project >object, add a getTests() method. Each of these would probably call the >associated GW and return a query of all the found items based on that >linking table. > >You can do this because when you have an instance of the test cfc, a test >object, it represents one single test. That test has properties and methods, >and also linked data, so it makes sense that it's all linked directly from >that test object. > >This approach is pretty generic and you will find it out in the wild here & >there, such as in the Reactor ORM, which creates these methods for you based >on the relationships you define in your xml config file. > >To get ALL your tests, or ALL your projects, drop methods in your services, >TestService.getAllTests() and ProjectService.getAllProjects(), each would >call the respective GW and return a query. > >HTH. > >nathan strutz >http://www.dopefly.com/ > > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

