No, this isn't something that Transfer does... it has to have the database there to provide properties for the objects, so without a DB table you have nothing to provide the object definition. I think it would be sweet if Transfer's config would provide a way to configure it with objects outside the DB model that you could simply retrieve from the Transfer object... making it into an object factory as well as a persistence engine.
You might try creating an object tagset that doesn't have a DB table and then calling new() against it, but I think that would fail when Transfer tried to create the metadata for the object. Something to think about, anyway. J On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:15 PM, John K. wrote: > > So I've encountered this problem a few times and each time I seem to > stumble on figuring out how to best solve it. Sorry if this has been > discussed here, I looked through pages and pages and did some searches > but came up with nothing. > > The site I am designing has several objects (dogs, calendar events, > ads, etc.). These all need to be created in the database, updated, > etc. Perfect opportunity to use Transfer to make these database > functions simple. I am able to set this up just fine and have > incorporated validation into the works so that the data the user > submits can be validated server side and returned to the form for > corrections if necessary. > > My problem comes in when I start to work with things like a contact > form. I really want all the functionality of a Transfer object, > except I'll never have to interact with the database. I will just > validate, return the user to the form to correct errors (invalid email > address, missing info, etc.) if necessary and then once the submission > is valid I'll send an email to the proper administrator. > > Has anyone used Transfer in this way? How so? Is it just as simple > as mocking up and using the object but never saving the data? Have > you come up with a better way to make this work? Maybe it's just late > and this is as simple as it sounds. > > John > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Before posting questions to the group please read: http://groups.google.com/group/transfer-dev/web/how-to-ask-support-questions-on-transfer You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "transfer-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/transfer-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
