What happens if you create the objects with a table/columns that don't exist?
As long as you don't save() or get(), you shouldn't get errors. Mark On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Jared Rypka-Hauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> > > > > > > -- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.compoundtheory.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
