The fundamental problem seems to be nested to-many relationships. The sample 
code twomanycontroller seems to do what I want, but it's pre-core data and the 
data model won't open. One wonders how a coredata version of that would work.

ja 
 
On Nov 6, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:

> On Nov 6, 2010, at 06:54, Ayers, Joseph wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 5, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Quincey Morris wrote:
>> 
>>> A. With your declarations, 'tapeList.tapes' is a NSSet. The set doesn't 
>>> have a "VideoClio" property (though its members do), and the compiler is 
>>> correctly telling you that you can't refer to such a property. *Which* 
>>> 'tapes' object are you trying to refer to?
>> 
>> That is indeed the problem. VideoClip is a relationship of tapes. How should 
>> this be addressed?
> 
> Well, it depends what you're trying to do. You mentioned a reference to 
> 'tapeList.tapes.VideoClip'. What's the context of that reference, and what 
> object or objects are you trying to use there?
> 
>>> 
>>> B. This is not how you use properties in Core Data -- you do NOT declare 
>>> instance variables corresponding to the properties in your data model. 
>>> Instead, those properties are defined for you by Core Data. You *do* have 
>>> to supply property declarations to keep the compiler happy (as described in 
>>> the Core Data documentation).
>>> 
>> 
>> The manual says that you have to declare the properties to maintain 32bit 
>> compatability.
> 
> There's nothing in the documentation that says you need to declare *instance 
> variables*. Using NSManagedObject subclasses is described here:
> 
>       
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdManagedObjects.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003397-258615
> 
> There are no instance variables in this pattern. (Note that there are custom 
> property scenarios where extra instance variables are needed, but that's not 
> the scenario you have.)
> 
> 
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