yeah, if youre making a mapper, which an ActiveMapper class is, then there has to be a primary key.
its a good day on the list ! emails that other people are answering :) . On Jun 29, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Kevin Dangoor wrote: > On 6/29/06, Kevin Dangoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 6/29/06, Jonathan LaCour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Kevin Dangoor wrote: >>> >>>> It seems to me that an implicit integer primary key would be a nice >>>> feature for ActiveMapper. If a primary key is defined, of >>>> course, that >>>> wouldn't be added... but for brand new databases, an int primary >>>> key >>>> makes good sense and is easy to work with. >>> >>> This would certainly make ActiveMapper more SQLObject-like, which >>> would >>> probably be a good thing since they have the same target >>> audience. I >>> would like this very much as long as there is a way to disable it. >> >> Ahh, that's a good point. There are some cases where people have >> no primary key. > > Oh yeah: the ORM, logically, doesn't work without a primary key! So, > what I originally said still stands. If you define a column as a > primary key, you don't add the integer id. If no primary key column > exists on the table, one is added for you. > > Kevin > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Sqlalchemy-users mailing list > Sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlalchemy-users Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Sqlalchemy-users mailing list Sqlalchemy-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sqlalchemy-users
