Thanks, all. Since I saw no evidence that either tool would do this, I thought I'd ask, but since I also didn't see any evidence with Hibernate...well, it does it, maybe other tools just don't market that capability either. I guess that's not the case.
Nick, I'll definitely look at the interview with Mark. I've also heard about at least one very strong presentation about Transfer. I'll track that down, too. Any good Reactor material (other than the site itself, of course) would be welcome as well. If neither handles schema creation then there's no obvious separator and I'll look deeper before I select one. Thanks again On 2/20/07, Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly off topic but if you want to understand a little more about > transfer Mark Mandel (transfer creator) has just been interviewed on > cfFrameworks.com. Heres the link: > > http://www.cfframeworks.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/2/20/Mark-Mandel-talks-about-his-Transfer-ORM-Framework > > HTH > > On 20/02/07, Steve Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob, > > > > Apologies for the self-promotion, but I have a (free) tool that does this > > (though it isn't technically an ORM tool). > > > > blog: > > http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/create_tables_with_data.htm > > > > see the "Synchronize Database Structure" presentation: > > http://www.bryantwebconsulting.com/presentations.cfm > > > > download and documentation: > > http://www.bryantwebconsulting.com/cfcs/ > > > > my best explanation of what it is: > > http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/datamgr_20_release_candidate.htm > > > > The (newly finished) documentation actually goes into a fair bit of detail > > about this feature. > > > > Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. > > > > Apologies if this is what you wanted. > > > > I thought Transfer might do what you wanted, but I looked through the > > documentation and saw no evidence that it would. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve Bryant > > Bryant Web Consulting LLC > > http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/ > > http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/ > > > > >Will Transfer or Reactor (or both) actually *create* the data model > > >for you from scratch? Given an empty database to connect with, > > >Hibernate can create the tables and also populate data. I took a look > > >around both of the other sites and neither seems to mention that - at > > >least not prominently. Nor, for that matter, does Hibernate. Seems > > >like this would be a big selling point. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
