JOINs are a bear with the DataObject pattern. I basically never use the DB_DataObject::join() method. If I need a join, I just use the query() method instead. I think the documentation even recommends this for all but the simplest JOIN queries.
DB_DataObject was actually my first introduction to DataObjects (trial by fire!), and after using it for a while I really enjoy the simplicity of Darryl Patterson's article. Why not take a lightweight framework like he has described and just extend it as needed on a case-by-case basis? -- Dell On Oct 19, 2006, at 2:34 PM, David Mintz wrote: > PS: Don't want to seem too much of a whiner. DB_DataObject looks > promising > and I want to figure it out. I am a little stuck on JOIN but if I > come up > with an intelligent question I will take the liberty... > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, David Mintz wrote: > >> Then I looked at DB_DataObject and quickly noticed the pain part >> that you >> refer to. I realize I don't quite get it and that's surely part of my >> problem, but still I think the docs and examples on >> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.database.db-dataobject.php >> are kind >> of abstruse. _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
