Hi,
Missed this thread.
I just didn't imagine that there is a use case for that. But as long
as it is supported by DBs, I think this should be supported by Cayenne
as well.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 4:24 PM Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> I've been experimenting a little with Cayenne 4.2. It looks lovely and I
> can't wait to start using it.
>
> One thing I bumped into is that StringProperty does not implement
> ComparableProperty. Although I'd personally never design a DB or a system
> that requires this, I work with a couple of legacy systems that use
> comparison of string fields ("someString">"otherString" etc.). Doing a little
> googling seems to show that it's also a bit of a practice and widely
> supported by DBs.
>
> So… Do you think StringProperty should implement ComparableProperty? I'm torn
> myself. It feels wrong—but if it's supported by DBs and widely used, perhaps
> the Cayenne API should allow for that?
>
> Cheers,
> - hugi
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Best regards,
Nikita Timofeev
