2009年7月10日星期五

Re: [fw-db] Complex relational dependencies with Zend_DB_TABLE

The fetchDependentRowset() and fetchParentRow() methods of Zend_Db_Table_Row
can take a Zend_Db_Select object as the third parameter, so use that to
specify any other criteria you need.

/Jens Ljungblad


Mathias Grub-2 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to use the zend framework api as far and mutch as possible.
> Now, concernig the zend_db_table and zend_db_table_row i wonder if i can
> use the depencies features at all:
>
> - you can specify dependend tables
> - you can specify a referential column map with as many columns as you
> want
>
> but
>
> - you cannot specify the operators to be used for the referntial
> columns, e.g =, <>, >, < or more complex operators like SQL function,
> or did I miss something?
> - you cannot pass SQL expressions or/and parameters to the rules, like a
> date or timestamp for comparison,
> or did I miss something?
> - you cannot extend the rule system by custom rules, can you?
>
> If I am right, the only possibility to accomplish these extended rules
> in ZEND_DB_TABLE relationships is to extend Zend_DB_Table and / or
> Zend_DB_Table_Row with custom logic.
> Am I right?
>
> Szenario:
> You want to select records of table B dependend on a parent record of
> table A.
> You don't have a simple FK constraint. Your RDB Model have a "valid
> record" model for every record.
> So you want to query only the valid records with:
>
> is_active = true
> valid_from <= timestamp (TYPE)
> valid_to >= timestamp (TYPE)
> parent_no = no of the parent record
>
> timestamp must be a parameter of type timestamp, in order to be able to
> query future or past dates.
> "no" and not "id" is used because the rule must be bidirectional, and
> for the parent record also always only the valid record should be
> selected, not the unique by id!
>
> any suggestions to get this out of zend_db_table or zend_db_table_row
> with its own rule system?
> if there is a rule system, i'd like to use it, instead of extending the
> classes in order to built my own rule system!
>
> thanx for any hints.
>
>

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