On 2/6/07, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I definitely wasn't agreeing with you, but I wasn't really making fun
> of you either.  I'll give you a hint: there's a reason why we have a
> base DataSource class, which is extended by DboSource, which talks to
> the database on behalf of a model.  Felix's Google Analytics model is
> actually a pretty poor example.  Not because Felix is a bad coder or
> anything (quite the contrary), but because up till now, there are a
> few things that people really haven't clearly understood (or perhaps,
> there are a few things we haven't made clear for people).  Basically
> what I'm trying to say is that you should never have to extend Model
> in that way.  Models are designed to *model* data, not handle the
> details of accessing it.
>

Ah!

*light bulb goes on over head*

Now I understand.  Thanks for clearing that up.


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