RE: [binarycloud-dev] entity definition format

[Andreas A. <a.a...@th...>]

Hi,

> If the entity carried what UI components it should use, there would be no
> "extra" information needed.
I see your point.

> You can make some basic assertations about a field, i.e. "this is usually
> going to be a textbox that's 20 chars long." if you don't
> explicitly define that 'format' then the default is assumed and you can
continue > about your business.
Ok, that's nice.

> I can see use in having separate "settings" for the database and the app.
Jepp. I think this is neccessary.

Another question. Can a entity span say parts of one or more tables?
Something similar like a view in SQL?
In the example the complete db entitys are mapped in the definition. And so
querys are genearated for all fields. But that might me overhead. So I would
like to define a entity that spans parts of tables.

E.g. If I have a enty defined called "Subscriptions" that span the
tables.fields:

user.userId
user.login
smssubscriptions.userId
smssubscritpions.serviceId
emailsubscriptions.userId
emailsubscriptions.serviceId

but the tbl user has more fields I do not need to query for this entity. But
for this one it's just fine.



Andi