On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Jon Nolan wrote: > David Avendasora wrote: >> On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Jon Nolan wrote: >> >>> In this case I don't want to use awakeFromInsertion as the relationship is >>> very, very optional (i.e. small % of entities have not-null relationship.) >> >> I'm I missing something here? What does being optional (or even very, very >> optional) have to do with using awakeFromInsertion? >> Dave > Dave, > > At the time the parent entity is created I don't know if I'll need the > related entity. I don't want to create an empty EO every time I create a new > parent as there are literally hundreds of thousands of parents and maybe a > few thousand with the need for the child. > Think User --> Preferences with 99% of users content to inherit default > settings and never override. For the odd one that does a preferences object > is created and the relationship established.
Ah. I see, you don't want to instantiate the EO. I thought you were saying that even in the very rare situations when you did instantiate it you didn't want to use awakeFromInsertion. Dave _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
