yes, the method I was talking about was in model.

now you are using no IdentiyMaps for the external repo and you can add
it by adding
"use Rails::..." in the ApplicationController. but make sure the order
is correct or use these #repository trick for ALL models.

- Kristian

On Jun 30, 3:56 pm, Bence <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> I overrode the #repository as you described, and it seems to have done
> the trick. I did this in the model - I guess this is what you meant by
> "binding in a static way"?
>
> Where do the "use 'Rails::...'" lines go? Are they required? I'm not
> using them right now at all, and the repository seems to be the right
> one on my external model.
>
> //B
>
> On Jun 29, 6:56 am, kristian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > what I do on almost all my projects (datamapper makes it to easy to
> > use morethen one repo) is that I am using nested IdentityMaps one for
> > the default and one for the :external repository
>
> >   use 'Rails::DataMapper::IdentityMaps', :external
> >   use 'Rails::DataMapper::IdentityMaps'
>
> > in order to "dispatch" the models onto the right repository I am
> > overwrite this method
>
> >  def self.repository(name = nil, &block)
> >     super(:external, &block)
> >   end
>
> > so basically I bind the model to the :external repository in static
> > way. the same thing I do for transactions !
>
> > maybe that helps.
>
> > - Kristian
>
> > On Jun 29, 6:41 am, Chris Corbyn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Note that you can disable that "everything is wrapped in a repository 
> > > block" behaviour by removing this line from ApplicationController:
>
> > > use Rails::DataMapper::Middleware::IdentityMap
>
> > > You won't have an identity-map per-request if you do this though.
>
> > > On 28/06/2011, at 21:48, Bence wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > I'm new to DataMapper and run into a confusing issue to which I didn't
> > > > find any answers.
>
> > > > I have two repositories (:default and :external).
> > > > Model "ext_model" is persisted in :external by setting the
> > > > default_repository_name in the model. The model works: the unit tests
> > > > are green and I can manipulate the model in the console without
> > > > problems.
> > > > When I run the unit tests on controller ext_model_controller#index, it
> > > > is green: retrieves all from ext_model, as it should.
> > > > But when I launch the webserver and browse to /ext_model_controller/
> > > > index, I get an error message, and I see that it is looking for
> > > > ext_model in the :default repository (instead of :external).
> > > > Shouldn't both the console and the server retrieve the model the same
> > > > way? Am I missing something? How do I set explicitly the repository on
> > > > the model so that the webserver uses that?
> > > > If I wrap the code inside ext_model_controller#index action in
> > > > DataMapper.repository(:external) {...} then it works, but shouldn't
> > > > this be unnecessary since I already explicitly assigned a repository
> > > > to the model?
>
> > > > Thanks in advance!
>
> > > > //Bence
>
> > > > Rails 3.0.9, dm 1.1.0
>
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