That did the trick, and I see what you mean about the nomenclature. Thanks Bob!
Why, when I dumped the user object did I not see the add* functions, are those created on the fly? On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Bob Silverberg <[email protected]>wrote: > You need to use the addRoles() method, which Transfer will generate for you > on your user object. > > See here: > http://docs.transfer-orm.com/wiki/Managing_Relationships_and_Compositions.cfm#ManyToManyfor > a detailed explanation of how to work with ManyToMany. > > Btw, I'd probably call the relationship "role" rather than "roles". > > Bob > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Jonathan Burnham < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm afraid I am missing something here. On my site I have a 'sign up' >> form that should ultimately end with a new user having been created. Users >> have a manytomany relationship with roles. Like this: >> >> <object name="user" table="security_user" >> decorator="model.decorators.user"> >> <id name="UserID" type="numeric" generate="false" /> >> <property name="Password" type="string" nullable="false" /> >> <property name="Email" type="string" nullable="false" /> >> <manytomany name="roles" table="security_user_role"> >> <link to="security.user" column="UserID"/> >> <link to="security.role" column="RoleID"/> >> <collection type="struct"> >> <key property="RoleID"/> >> </collection> >> </manytomany> >> </object> >> >> When I create a new user, I want to give them a default SiteUser role >> (roleId 2), then do a cascade save to put it all in the database at once. I >> dumped the User object after I created it to see how to add the role >> association, and only saw set&getRolesMemento. I couldn't figure out what >> to do with that and didn't find any documentation. So the question is, how >> do I create a new object, add a manytomany property, then do a cascadesave >> on the whole thing? >> >> Thanks! >> Jonathan >> >> >> > > > -- > Bob Silverberg > www.silverwareconsulting.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
