That makes a lot of sense and I think I'm going to go the route you described.
On Feb 16, 2010, at 11:24 AM, David Holt wrote: > Hi Johnny, > > On 2010-02-16, at 1:13 PM, Johnny Miller wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've been using ERAttachment's image processor but on a new project I'm >> going to try out using the entire framework i.e. all the automagic file >> handling wonderment. >> >> A question on modeling the attachments. >> >> When you create the relationship between the entities' key and ERAttachment >> is that an optional one-to-one relationship or is it an optional one-to-many >> from your model to erattachment? > > I've found that both work. In practice, I always use the to-one and if I need > a to-many I model it like this: > > Person ->> photo -> ERAttachment > > This way if you have any additional metadata to add about your attachment (in > this case photo) that is not included in the default ERAttachment metadata, > you're covered. > > If you don't foresee a need for additional metadata this also works: > > Person ->> ERAttachment (photos) > > HTH, > > David > > >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Johnny >> >> >> Johnny Miller >> Kahalawai Media Corp >> http://www.kahalawai.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/programmingosx%40mac.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > Johnny Miller Kahalawai Media Corp http://www.kahalawai.com _______________________________________________ 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]
