Paul,
I do the very same thing, I just didnt want to blow up anyone's mind so
early in the morning =)
Chris
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Paul Marcotte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gavin,
>
> I often add a method to my decorator that accepts the ID for a manytoone
> relationship and then sets the proper object relationship using that ID.
> Something like
>
> <cffunction name="setIssueTypeId" access="public" output="false"
> returntype="void">
> <cfargument name="IssueTypeId" type="numeric" required="true">
> <cfset var issueType=
> getTransfer().get("IssueType",arguments.IssueTypeId)>
> <cfset getTransferObject().setIssueType(issueType) />
> </cffunction>
>
> Some folks do not like this convention, but I do because it encapsulates
> the object composition process directly in the business object.
>
> Paul
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Chris Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> and sorry, I mis-typed in there:
>>
>> <cfset session.generalCAR.setissueType(transfer.get("issueType",
>> form.issueTypeId)) />
>>
>> something more like that =)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Chris Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>
>>> you have to add an *object* there, not an ID.
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>> <cfset session.generalCAR.setissueType(transfer.get("issueType", type,
>>> form.issueTypeId) />
>>>
>>> when you run a 'set' against a related object, you have to 'set' the
>>> object, not the object's primary key value =)
>>>
>>> Chris Peterson
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Gavin Baumanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi There ,
>>>>
>>>> I seem to be having ongoing issue with getting transfer to to the most
>>>> simplest of tasks.
>>>>
>>>> If I dump the object I see all the methods that are automatically
>>>> created for me via transfer - so far so good and I can see the methods
>>>> for setting / getting the fields I have declared in my XML.
>>>>
>>>> Specifically I see a method "setisuetype"
>>>>
>>>> issue type is a manytoone with the following declaration in my XML;
>>>>
>>>> <object name="issueType" table="tbl_issueType">
>>>> <id name="id_tbl_issueType" type="numeric" />
>>>> <property name="issueType" type="string" />
>>>> </object>
>>>>
>>>> <object name="generalCAR" table="tbl_CAR">
>>>> <manytoone name="issueType">
>>>> <link to="car.issueType" column="issueTypeId" />
>>>> </manytoone>
>>>> ...
>>>> </object>
>>>>
>>>> Now if I have the following in my form's action page;
>>>>
>>>> <cfset session.generalCAR.setissueType(form.issueTypeId) />
>>>>
>>>> then I get the following error;
>>>>
>>>> The TRANSFER argument passed to the setissueType function is not of
>>>> type transfer.com.TransferObject.
>>>> If the component name is specified as a type of this argument, its
>>>> possible that a definition file for the component cannot be found or
>>>> is not accessible.
>>>>
>>>> Huh?
>>>> If I dump the session.generalCAR, then the method is there..
>>>>
>>>> I tried by creating an issueType object with the following;
>>>> session.issueType = application.transfer.new("car.issueType");
>>>>
>>>> And then I can successfully do this;
>>>> <cfset session.issueType.setissueType(form.issueTypeId) />
>>>>
>>>> But from my previous post(thread) that seems to have goteen a little
>>>> butchered when Kevin's email client misbehaved....
>>>> I was given the advice that I didn't need to do this and that I should
>>>> ust use the generalCAR.setissueType method,
>>>>
>>>> Have I missed something? mis-understood the replies - or am I just a
>>>> completely mad nutter!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hey! I dont tell you how to tell me what to do, so dont tell me how to do
>>> what you tell me to do! ~ Bender (Futurama)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hey! I dont tell you how to tell me what to do, so dont tell me how to do
>> what you tell me to do! ~ Bender (Futurama)
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Paul Marcotte
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> http://www.fancybread.com
>
> >
>
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