The point about saying "no to meaningful pointers" is very clear.
Thank you for your replies and advice. I will perform some tests as soon as I can and come back with feedback, if I encounter any problems. Regards, Nikos Στις 02-02-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 14:21 +0100, ο/η Pierre Lavignotte έγραψε: > Here is what I use when I want to get Recomaster entity with primary key = > id : > > Recomaster recomaster = (Recomaster) > DataObjectUtils.objectForPK(context, Recomaster.class, id); > > And in the Recomaster class, I also have a method that gives me the primary > key : > > public Integer getId() { > return DataObjectUtils.intPKForObject(this); > } > > There are similar methods for when primary key is not an integer value. > > Cheers > > Cordialement, > Pierre Lavignotte > Ingénieur Conception & Développement > http://pierre.lavignotte.googlepages.com > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Νίκος Παράσχου <nipar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > First of all thank you for your replies. > > > > I have the following table: > > > > Vehicle ( > > plate_num CHAR(10) NOT NULL, > > mixed_weight DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL, > > type CHAR(30) NOT NULL, > > manufacturer CHAR(20), > > PRIMARY KEY (plate_num) > > ) > > > > In Cayenne Modeller I have the dbEntity "vehicle" with all the above > > attributes (plate_num is check as PK). There is also the objEntity > > "Vehicle" with all the above attributes except the PK (plate_num). > > > > I want to select the type of the vehicle with plate_num = "AHZ-4141". > > > > Could you please post some code samples? I have tried so many things > > (with DataObjectUtils too) but still no success. > > > > Thank you, > > Nikos > > > > Στις 02-02-2009, ημέρα Δευ, και ώρα 12:49 +0100, ο/η Pierre Lavignotte > > έγραψε: > > > Hi Nikos, > > > > > > If you need PK for all your tables, then maybe you need to generate them. > > > But if you only need to use them for a couple tables then you should look > > at > > > DataObjectUtils class. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Pierre > > > > > > Cordialement, > > > Pierre Lavignotte > > > Ingénieur Conception & Développement > > > http://pierre.lavignotte.googlepages.com > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Νίκος Παράσχου <nipar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > It is the first time I am using cayenne and I have some questions > > > > regarding the primary keys. > > > > > > > > What I want to do is select some rows of a table where the PK has a > > > > specific value. The problem is I can't access the PK. I can specify > > > > qualifiers only with the non-PK columns. The PKs I am using have some > > > > meaning (they are not just numbers) so it is very important to be able > > > > to use them. > > > > > > > > How can I add the PK to the fields of the Object Entities? > > > > > > > > In this page > > http://cayenne.apache.org/doc20/primary-key-generation.html > > > > the answer is to create a Meaningful Primary Key. > > > > > > > > How can I create Meaningful Primary Keys? > > > > > > > > Are there any security issues when using Meaningful Primary Keys? > > > > > > > > Thank you for your time, > > > > Nikos > > > > > > > > > > > >