[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-11 Thread Dustin Whittle
+1 On Aug 7, 11:26 pm, JP wrote: > Replying to myself here, > > After chatting with Dustin Whittle at the Symfony meetup in SF, the > idea came of implementing > non database drivers for Doctrine. > > I came across this thread on doctrine-user that talk about that exact > idea:http://groups.goog

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-07 Thread JP
Replying to myself here, After chatting with Dustin Whittle at the Symfony meetup in SF, the idea came of implementing non database drivers for Doctrine. I came across this thread on doctrine-user that talk about that exact idea: http://groups.google.com/group/doctrine-user/browse_thread/thread/

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-04 Thread JP
Thanks for the feedback Andrei, James and Alan. I understand your point, I already create my own models to connect to a SOAP API. However, I still think this would be a great addition in symfony. I believe in not duplicating code and not reinventing the wheel and creating my own model/admin gene

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-04 Thread Alan Bem
Hi JP In the matter-of-fact - datasource agnostic model is M in *proper* MVC. Look at Agavi frameworks' approach. Their initial model is simple PHP object with some framework tie-in's (of course it is possible to loose those tie-in and work with POPO). It gives developers the posibility to design

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-04 Thread James Cauwelier
I 'd think that simple CRUD actions wouldn 't be hard to abstract. Especially with RESTful interfaces like the ones used in couchDB. If the four HTTP methods are supported by your data source (GET, PUT, POST and DELETE), then all that would be needed is an CRUD interface that all data sources sho

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-04 Thread Andrei Dziahel
Hi. Take my +1 too. Regards. 2009/7/31, JP : > > Hi, > > In symfony 1.2, I can only create models using one of the 2 ORMs > Doctrine or Propel. Each of the 2 plugins implements some tasks for > generating an admin backend, creating fixture data, some input > validation. > > Now let's say I want

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-08-03 Thread JP
Anyone? On Jul 31, 3:30 pm, JP wrote: > Thanks for your support ;) > > On Jul 31, 6:13 am, Sid Ferreira wrote: > > > UP! (I have nothing to say about it, I just want support what he said as an > > important feature) > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:45, JP wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > In symfony

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-07-31 Thread JP
Thanks for your support ;) On Jul 31, 6:13 am, Sid Ferreira wrote: > UP! (I have nothing to say about it, I just want support what he said as an > important feature) > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:45, JP wrote: > > > Hi, > > > In symfony 1.2, I can only create models using one of the 2 ORMs > >

[symfony-users] Re: symfony extensible model for other data source than default ORM (API, SOAP WS, CouchDB...)

2009-07-31 Thread Sid Ferreira
UP! (I have nothing to say about it, I just want support what he said as an important feature) On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:45, JP wrote: > > Hi, > > In symfony 1.2, I can only create models using one of the 2 ORMs > Doctrine or Propel. Each of the 2 plugins implements some tasks for > generating