Also you can refer to this page (work in progress...) http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Glossary And making it better by adding comments
Jacques De : "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Party is any person or company. > it can be a person with a role of employee > In you case you would create a role Patient > then you can create a setup for Create Patient > Like the Create Employee > party groups are where you want to group different parties together. > You should also have a permissions for patient > > it would be helpful to you before you start out to > read the data modeling book > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Related+Books > and review > Training Videos > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index > > Edward Banfa sent the following on 12/17/2007 9:29 AM: > > Hi all, > > Someone please correct me on this if I am wrong > > > > - A Party is a person or a group. > > - A Party group is a logical grouping of Party's ? > > - A Party/Group can have roles defined as PartyRoles ? > > > > So in my case a single person is a Party and a Patient can be represented as > > a Party group ? so where does party role fit into the mix? > > > > Thnx > > > > Regards > > > > Edward > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BJ Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:56 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Deleting a table > > > > I have not seen much code using the party role, though that is a good way. > > > > Adrian Crum sent the following on 12/17/2007 8:23 AM: > >> Maybe a Patient party role would be more appropriate. > >> > >> > >> BJ Freeman wrote: > >> > >>> like any relational database, if you have tables that are realated and > >>> they have data in them then that data may be lost. > >>> > >>> as a side note: look at using a party as person and create a Patient > >>> Party group. saves doing redundant work > >>> > >>> > >>> Edward Banfa sent the following on 12/17/2007 3:50 AM: > >>> > >>>> Hi Jacques, > >>>> > >>>> Ummm, what are the implications of deleting a table in ofbiz apart > >>>> from loss > >>>> of data contained in that table? Coz I just deleted a table using the > >>>> SQL > >>>> processor (am actually just learning Ofbiz, am not yet working on a > >>>> building > >>>> a production app). I had previously defined an entity called Patient and > >>>> after a I deleted the table and I restarted ofbiz, I cant see my > >>>> entity in > >>>> the Entity Data Maintenance page of webtools. Issuing the following > >>>> SQL "SELECT * FROM PATIENT" from the SQL processor page throws an > >>>> exception, the > >>>> trace in console.log says: ERROR 42X05: Table/View 'PATIENT' does not > >>>> exist. > >>>> > >>>> Am I missing something here? > >>>> > >>>> All help appreciated, thx > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> Edward > >>>> > >>>> Below are my entitymodel.xml and entitygroup.xml files repectively > >>>> > >>>> -------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > >>>> <entitymodel xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > >>>> > >>>> > > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.ofbiz.org/dtds/entitymodel.xsd";> > >>>> <!-- ========================================================= --> > >>>> <!-- ======================== Defaults ======================= --> > >>>> <!-- ========================================================= --> > >>>> <title>Entities for a Hello world component</title> > >>>> <description>None</description> > >>>> <copyright>Copyright (c) Hello World, Inc.</copyright> > >>>> <author>Edward Banfa</author> > >>>> <version>0.1</version> > >>>> > >>>> <entity entity-name="Patient" package-name="org.helloworld.emedic" > >>>> title="Entity to represent mentally sick people in government"> > >>>> <field name="patientId" type="id-ne"/> > >>>> <field name="firstName" type="id"/> > >>>> <field name="lastName" type="id"/> > >>>> <field name="appointment" type="id"/> > >>>> <prim-key field="patientId"/> </entity> > >>>> </entitymodel> > >>>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > >>>> > >>>> <entitygroup xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > >>>> > >>>> > > xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.ofbiz.org/dtds/entitygroup.xsd";> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> <entity-group group="org.ofbiz" entity="Patient"/> > >>>> > >>>> </entitygroup> > >>>> > >>>> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: > >>>> Monday, December 17, 2007 11:56 AM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Subject: Re: Deleting a table > >>>> > >>>> > > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo > >>>> > >>>> Look for Derby, not sure there is exactly an answer but you should > >>>> find your > >>>> way from there. Beware that it's not recommended to > >>>> delete tables in OFBiz... > >>>> > >>>> Jacques > >>>> > >>>> De : "Edward Banfa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I would like to know how to delete a table in the Derby database that > >>>> comes > >>>> > >>>>> with Ofbiz. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Actually I have a problem with a an entity that I created, I want to > >>>>> alter > >>>>> the columns on the entity and hence in the underlying table that > >>>> represents > >>>> > >>>>> the data for the entity. Do I have to drop the existing table or is > >>>>> there > >>>> a > >>>> > >>>>> way I can have ofbiz pickup any changes in the > >>>>> > >>>>> entity definition and update the db schema ? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank u for ur help in advance > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Edward > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
