I don't know specifically, but most of the stuff in the 0.10 version was
rewritten for stability. So I'm guessing there were some cases where it
would 'splode. Also it really does make more sense to run the query on the
model you're actually querying and then call the association. It will
actually chain the queries so I'm guessing it will do the same query as what
you were doing before, but it will be a bit more readable. I always strive
for readable code since its easier to get people up to speed on it. The
previous way requires a fairly adept knowledge of dm

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM, ZHHZ <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Brian,
>
> Thanks for your email. You are right, I am working on a very 'huge'
> legacy DB.
>
> I just wondering, is there a good reason why DataMapper changed the
> behavior of the "options[:order]".
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Bruce
>
> On Oct 2, 3:14 pm, Brian Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think you might be better off running the query like
> >
> > PurchaseOrder.all(:completed => 'yes', :order =>
> [:closed_date.desc]).items
> >
> > Also, personally, if completed is just a string of yes or no, I'd use a
> > boolean column (unless its a legacy db)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:07 AM, ZHHZ <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > 0.10.0 breaks some of my code, here is my models:
> >
> > > class PurchaseOrder
> > >  include ...
> >
> > >  property :closed_date, ...
> >
> > >  has n, items
> > > end
> >
> > > class PurchaseOrderLineItem
> > >  ...
> > >  belongs_to :po
> > > end
> >
> > > In 0.9, I was able to to something like:
> > >  order_by = [DataMapper::Query::Direction.new(PurchaseOrder.properties
> > > [:closed_date], :desc)]
> > >  result = PurchaseOrderLineItem.first( 'po.completed.eql' =>
> > > 'yes', :order => order_by)
> >
> > > But in 0.10, it's broken, I got:
> > >  +options[:order]+ entry :closed_date does not map to a property in
> > > PurchaseOrderLineItem
> >
> > > I must do it wrong in 0.10 or I missed something here, it seems like
> > > all the properties in the :order option must be a valid property in
> > > the model now( here is the PurchaseOrderLineItem), not a property of
> > > the association. I know I can get a work around by query against on
> > > the PurchaseOrder, I just curious is this the desired feature in
> > > 0.10.0?
> >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > > --Bruce
> >
>

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