Hi,
ON UPDATE and ON DELETE rock, and I can't imagine
any serious db without them. So if my vote could count,
I vote to keep and improve ON...s!
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'd like to question the need to support these features in newtorque for
>
> the
>
> > following reasons:
> >
> > - They are supported differently in different DBs
>
> We could probably find some middle ground here. DBs I worked with (not a
> huge collection though :-) all supports the ANSI standard, so we might do
> this as a start. If your DB does not support ON *** or does it in a
> strange way you can just remove them from your newtorque schema.
>
> > - I personally do not see much use in them (at least in newtorque)
>
> I usually prefer to have at least ON DELETEs in my schema. It makes for
> less code and better db integrity.
>
> > - Supporting them only adds unneccessary work.
>
> Only if you don't use it :-)
>
> > So I suggest that we drop support for them in newtorque. What your
>
> opinions
>
> > here?
>
> I'd like to see them stay and get developed a bit further, but if I'm the
> only one, I'll go with the rest of the group and remove them...
>
> > Would it make sense to do some sort of review of what features we want
> > and do not want in newtorque? Any ideas on this?
>
> Just some ideas I can think of for now. This is more to get the ball
> rolling than a set of specs...
>
> Main features for newtorque:
> * Generation of sql schemas for multiple DB's
> * Generation of Peer/MapBuilder/DO classes
> * [Far Future] Generation of basic screens/actions
> * [Far Far Future] Visual Interface
>
> SubFeatures:
> * A rich set of data types (String, Int, Double/Money, Date/Time, Blob,
> etc?)
> * Foreign Key Support [single/multiple rows]
> * Primary Key Support [single id row for ID Broker]
> * [Maybe] Generation of 1-m stuff in Peer classes
>
> ~ Leon
>
>
>
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