RE: [elephant-devel] Re: Master-detail how to

2008-04-07 Thread Vagif Verdi
> (defun delete-order (order) > (mapcar #'(lambda (i) (drop-instances (list i))) (items-of order)) > (drop-instances (list order))) Thank you very much Robert. Very simple and clear example of dealing with one-to-many relationships. This must be an elephant tutorial. Although cascading

RE: [elephant-devel] Re: Master-detail how to

2008-04-07 Thread Robert L. Read
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:51 -0700, Vagif Verdi wrote: > If I will make item class persistent, then items will be saved independently > of their parent. That means manual housekeeping. > When order object is deleted, I will have to intercept that and manually > delete all items objects. > And this i

RE: [elephant-devel] Re: Master-detail how to

2008-04-07 Thread Vagif Verdi
If I will make item class persistent, then items will be saved independently of their parent. That means manual housekeeping. When order object is deleted, I will have to intercept that and manually delete all items objects. And this is only simplest hierarchy. Imagine how much manual work must be