Jeff Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm diving into the DataController goodness to support Ajax (via a > specialised controller > AjaxDataController) and I was wondering how the CRUD layer was planning to > handle relations. > > It would be really nice if I could access the following URL: > > /user/jeff/email_addresses > > and receive a list of all of my email addresses. I could then have URLs > similar to: > > /user/jeff/email_addresses/1/delete > > to remove an address, or: > > /user/jeff/email_addresses/1/update?city=Newburyport > > or even: > > /user/jeff/email_addresses/create?street=3+Market+Square+Apt +3&city=... > > Am I just crazy here?
For the first one, I am in doubt. For the last alternatives I think you are :-) Specially because it will be very complicated to map things from one class -- user? -- to another -- email_addresses -- and activate the right methods. On the other hand, writing this on your own is possible. I just think that this is not that simple. I see where you want to get -- and I really like the idea -- making this into a drilldown form. If this goes in the direction that Qt implements this kind of control, it will be awesome (http://doc.trolltech.com/3.2/designer-manual-8.html). But I think I'd be happy if it allowed me to insert an URL in one of the fields that led me to the specialized control for that specific item. So, when I clicked one of the email addresses -- in your example --, I'd be taken to a new page -- that can have a filter, to restrict which records I'll be seeing and in this case it will show all emails associated with user "jeff" -- with the record that contains the email select (i.e. open for editing). But being able to have an "infinite" drilldown would be really nice. -- Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
