Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Thiago Rossi
An idea… If the transaction object knows the previous one, the get balance method would return the current transaction amount +++plus the previous transaction (if it is not nil). It would be more than an array, but a list… But in core data it is not that simple, I guess. On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:5

Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Thiago Rossi
It was not that clear on the tutorial. =) I was studying Objective C and I had started to implement the classes of my project by hand when I saw that tutorial about Core Data. That was when I moved my "DTO" to Core Data. I think I have to make them by hand. And about the amount/balance and so on…

Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Quincey Morris
On Jun 18, 2008, at 13:04, Ben Trumbull wrote: *Amount* is an calculated field and it depends on the previous transactions. I don't know how to do it! It is not a value I can save on database, for example, because it changes all the time (I guess I have to mark the transient field at Core D

Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Hamish Allan
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Thiago Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Amount* is an calculated field and it depends on the previous transactions. > I don't know how to do it! It is not a value I can save on database, for > example, because it changes all the time (I guess I have to mark the

re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Ben Trumbull
*- I'm a Java programmer who wants to migrate to ObjC/Cocoa.* Welcome. Unlike some of the others, I don't think Core Data requires an advanced degree in Cocoa. However, in my experience, trying to learn both Cocoa Bindings and Core Data simultaneously overwhelms many people new to Cocoa.

Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread I. Savant
> Can anyone please help me? No. At least not at present. There have been many discussions (several very long ones recently) about the fact that - as stated in the documentation - Core Data is most emphatically NOT a beginner technology. Any effort spent trying to help you run before you can cra

Re: Working if Cocoa Core Data

2008-06-18 Thread Hal Mueller
1. You really need to master the basics of Cocoa before you tackle Core Data. 2. I would move "amount" over on the "Account" entity, and rename it "balance". 3. See #1. Hal ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not