I've already split up my SQLObject model files into a models package and it works just fine. I have plenty of joins and dependencies too and the ordering issue doesn't appear any more than it does for normal classes.
For creating a clean-slate database I just have a utility function that imports my models and then runs through them dropping and recreating. Again, no problems. > > From: Artarious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/03/09 Thu AM 02:52:09 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [TurboGears] Re: bike shed #2: controllers.py vs. controllers > > Jonathan LaCour wrote: > >> Nobody is complaining about the static directory. > >> > > > > Of course not. You can't put a bunch of images in one file, can > > you? You can't put a bunch of templates into one file, can you? > > Totally different things, IMO. > > > > I still stand behind my +1 for controllers being a package, and -1 > > for models being a package. > > > I would say Jonathan is right on this. Also, technically there is one > problem when you split the models into multiple files: when you have > joins, classes became dependent on another at the database level. It > will hurt when you are creating a new database from the model. Since > splitting files means loading the files in arbitrary order (usually by > the filename), which means if you are creating a new database with table > A which foreign key refs table B, table A will not create since B does > not exists yet. At the end you will end up with one of these options > and/or a mixture of it: a) Don't use joins b) Name your files in the > order of creation c) use a single file d) separate files should be > imported from a __init__ .py in the package directory (order maintained > in __init__.py). So, -1 for models being in a package. > > OTH, if separate models means each model is a separate *database* that > would be wonderful. But then I am asking for a new feature. > > > Artarious > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
