On 12/17/05, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can tell you, however, that Flex 2 Data Provider API is > > considerably different. I believe the mx.remoting.RecordSet > > API as it stands in Flex 1.5 is an inadequate data provider > > for Flex 2 components. > > How can plain old web services, which are totally generic, be adequate > but not recordsets? > > [Pete] Sorry, I should have explained further. Flex 2 components use > mx.collections.ICollectionView to manage data that may have also come > from a remote location (implying that users might have to consider > paging concerns when all of the data is not present on the client). If > mx.remoting.RecordSet is ported to AS3 and made to extend something like > mx.collections.ListCollectionView things would start to look better for > legacy data interacting with new components. > > I think this is a reasonable request for legacy application support - I > logged an enhancement request as bug #154595. >
Thank you!!!!!! > Not that this is a consolation to your situation, but note that we have > new, more advanced and very flexible frameworks for managing remote data > in Flex Enterprise Services 2 - keep an eye out for a Beta of this soon. > You're right, its fascinating, but it's not a consolation since I dont expect to be able to afford the 10-20k I am imagining this will cost!!! > > > Also, how were you constructing these on the server? > > CF Query objects? > > Brians story is different from mine which I am sure is different for php > users. But I construct all of my recordsets with JDBC resultsets. > Cached rowsets to be exact. I suck lots of complex queries right out of > the database and send them to flash. The data never becomes serialized > POJOs. > > [Pete] Very cool. The format of a JDBC resultset (well, cached rowset as > you accurately state), and a CF Query were the same over the wire > according to Flash / Flex. The structure is pretty simple. Did you make > use of paging by any chance? > Well, thats a good question. I have written the code to do it, but I have not exercised it yet since I have been working on other issues. So the answer is *kinda*. For testing, I have set the page size really high so it wouldnt hit that piece of the code. > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
