dhis2-devs team mailing list archive

[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I'm confused. In the db from Malawi, the table is called
categoryoptioncomboname with no underscore in front.

I also don't quite understand what the bad practice consists in - do
you mean that refactoring (adding the missing name) will break
backwards compatibility?

Knut

2010/11/15 Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2010/11/15 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Its not categoryoptioncombo but _categoryoptioncombo.  Its a resource table and not part of the model
>
> You mean that it is "_categoryoptioncomboname" and not
> "categoryoptioncomboname", and that this is a resource table, right?
> In other words, a table that gets generated?
>
>> Adding extra columns to domain model tables is bad practice.
>
> Ok, but can you tell me where else the names are stored? In other
> words, how to populate the database directly with hundreds of
> optionscombos?
>
> Knut
>
>> Lars
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> It seems to me this table only serves to hide the name from the
>>> categoryoptioncombo table. Isn't this just adding to the complexity
>>> (and confusion) of the multidiemensional makeup?
>>>
>>> Could we not just add the name to categoryoptioncombo?
>>>
>>> Knut
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs
>>> Post to     : dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs
>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Knut Staring
>



-- 
Cheers,
Knut Staring