so, my simple EOF/ERXKey qualifiers and stuff would work, I’d use EOModeler?
MySQL works fine it sounds, I’m using AWS stuff myself… > On Jun 26, 2020, at 3:27 PM, Hugi Thordarson <h...@karlmenn.is> wrote: > >> Ok, so are all the cool guys using Cayenne now then? > > I've seen some pretty cool guys use it but I also use it. > > >> I'm sure I should read some page about it rather than waste everyone’s time >> reiterating why it’s better and why we should be moving to that sort of >> thing etc. > > It's awesome in so many ways. But for people that already know EOF, it's > probably best described as "EOF without that darned locking thing". And > there's seriously exciting stuff happening in the most recent releases > (subqueries, SQL-functions and more, all type safe using "Properties", the > Cayenne version of ERXKey. > > API-wise it can pretty much be a drop-in replacement for EOF and from > experience I can say there's nothing to lose and much to gain. (assuming > you're using an SQL db. Cayenne is explicitly an SQL DB framework, not a > "generic everything framework" like EOF wants to be). > > - hugi > > >>> On Jun 26, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Hugi Thordarson via Webobjects-dev >>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> You might also want to take a look at Cayenne. It's well documented and >>> we're eager to help where the docs fall short. And most importantly; it's >>> an active and maintained project that didn't die over a decade ago :) >>> >>> - hugi >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 26 Jun 2020, at 19:04, Aaron Rosenzweig via Webobjects-dev >>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Don, >>>> >>>> Have a look at EOEntity and friends: EOAttribute, EORelationship. >>>> >>>> You can build them out and setup the “external” name for the column, etc. >>>> I did it once as an exercise many moons ago. The only practical use I got >>>> out of it was sometimes sanity checking keyPaths to see if they hit things >>>> “in memory” or if they were completely traversable through EOEntity >>>> relationships. Something that trips an in-memory method call is not >>>> something you can use to build a complex SQL query. >>>> >>>> Like other people have said, the “reverse engineering” of the original WO >>>> tools is more likely what you want to use instead. You point Entity >>>> Modeler at a database and it can make a surprisingly good model file from >>>> it. Depending on how big the database is… it might be worth your trouble >>>> of firing up MacOS Tiger and installing the NeXTStep GUI tools to do the >>>> reverse engineering. I don’t think that the Eclipse java based >>>> EntityModeler can reverse engineer. I don’t know if Cayenne can reverse >>>> engineer. >>>> AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike >>>> e: aa...@chatnbike.com t: (301) 956-2319 >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jun 25, 2020, at 8:53 PM, Don Lindsay via Webobjects-dev >>>>> <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello; >>>>> >>>>> The Documentation for EOModel states that you can build one in code, but >>>>> there are no examples or further information that I can find. Does >>>>> anyone have any documentation or samples that they can direct me to so I >>>>> can create EOModels while the application is running: >>>>> >>>>> What I want to do is connect to a database that my app does not know >>>>> about, someone provides connection parameters and I create an EOModel and >>>>> connect to that database or rest and access it using the EOModel created >>>>> using new EOModel(). >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Don >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >>>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/aaron%40chatnbike.com >>>>> >>>>> This email sent to aa...@chatnbike.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/hugi%40karlmenn.is >>>> >>>> This email sent to h...@karlmenn.is >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jtayler%40oeinc.com >>> >>> This email sent to jtay...@oeinc.com >> > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
