Hi! You are right. But I am about to commit to CVS my changes that make ID not required and for collections it will be possible to use "field-ref" attribute with the name of the field instead of "field-id-ref" with its ID.
Regards, Oleg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: OJB Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:53:31 +1100 Subject: ID Values in field-descriptor > I am trying to determine the rules for allocating the IDs in the > field-descriptor for the repository.xml, particularly with references and > collections. These are the rules I have determined so far: > > 1) An ID must be unique within a table. > 2) The IDs in the table do not need to be contiguous. There may be gaps in > the sequence. > 3) The IDs do not need to refer to the position of the column in the table. > (This was mentioned in the DTD, but it is not required according to the > code.) > 4) For a reference or a collection the IDs in the two tables need to match. > (method ObjectReferenceDescriptor.getForeignKeyDescriptors) > > Can anyone confirm this or explain what the rules are? > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ----- �������� ���������� �������� ���� @ukr.net �� http://freemail.ukr.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
