Author: tfischer Date: Wed Sep 24 00:04:48 2014 New Revision: 1627180 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1627180 Log: TORQUE-278 add documentation
Modified: db/torque/torque4/trunk/torque-site/src/site/xdoc/documentation/orm-reference/defining-the-schema.xml Modified: db/torque/torque4/trunk/torque-site/src/site/xdoc/documentation/orm-reference/defining-the-schema.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/db/torque/torque4/trunk/torque-site/src/site/xdoc/documentation/orm-reference/defining-the-schema.xml?rev=1627180&r1=1627179&r2=1627180&view=diff ============================================================================== --- db/torque/torque4/trunk/torque-site/src/site/xdoc/documentation/orm-reference/defining-the-schema.xml (original) +++ db/torque/torque4/trunk/torque-site/src/site/xdoc/documentation/orm-reference/defining-the-schema.xml Wed Sep 24 00:04:48 2014 @@ -83,9 +83,17 @@ or they can be referenced using the <code>external-schema</code> element. The difference between included and referenced schemata is that - an included schema can have foreign key relations between all tables - in all files, whereas with referenced schema files, relations from the - referenced schema to the main schema are forbidden. + included schema are considered under torque's control, whereas + tables and views defined in an external schema file can be + referenced, but are not under torque's control. + In practice that means that an included schema can have + foreign key relations between all tables in all files, + and the ddl generation generates create (and possibly drop) + commands for all tables. + With referenced schema files, relations from the + referenced schema to the main schema are forbidden, + and the ddl generation only generates create (and/or drop) + commands for tables in the main schema, not the external schema. With both included and referenced schema files, care should be taken that the imported/included files are not read on their own by the maven plugin or ant tasks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: torque-dev-unsubscr...@db.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: torque-dev-h...@db.apache.org