Re: Table for FlexiFields, Base table fields have been chang

Author: Bhavbhuti Nathwani

Posted: 2004-04-01 at 00:46:23

Quote: >>When you have a variable column structure, it is best to

redesign things into an atribute-centric design. IOW, instead of

adding or removing columns, you add rows to a related attribute table,

with the "column" name as the key field. It's more work, especially in

creating SQL joins, but it is amazingly flexible.

Any white paper regarding this, which I can go through, I am open to

ideas as this is the first app I will be trying it. I might as well

do the research. I had this kind of logic in FPD and was working well

but now the concepts have changed.

While we are at it, does this suggestion of your help in dynamically

creating computed fields? This is a major limitation in my idea as

when it comes to form creation I just create a form dynamically using

a lot of @ say gets (FPD).

Quote: >>I didn't mean to use that class; it would only come into play

when two bizobjs try to use the same view. All I meant was you could

grab some of the DBC and view creation code from that class's code.

Okay, though I studied it after posting and I found out that it is

looking for a if used condition. Anyway, where would you propose I

put in the converted code.

The structure will be modified outside the app, and the structures

won't change so frequently as in the start, once settled all will be

smooth.

Can I make it more oop than procedural, ie. a form to do a blank

conversion of all the FlexiTables. Hey I don't know what all

FlexiTables are there, I would like to avoid hard coding TableNames.

Thanks for you help.

Please advise.

©2004 Bhavbhuti Nathwani