[SQLObject] Alphanumeric Object ID

[G. <fra...@cl...>]

Hello,

I'm creating an object mapping over an existing database which contains tab=
le with varchar as primary key and consequently as id.

I first tried to follow the common way and then I got the following type er=
ror :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ORM.py", line 29, in ?
    print labo
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/SQLObject/SQLObject.py", line 837,=
 in _             _repr__
    ' '.join(['%s=3D%s' % (name, repr(value)) for name, value in self._repr=
Items()]))
TypeError: an integer is required


the original code in SQLObject.py was :

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%s %i %s>' \
               % (self.__class__.__name__,
                  self.id,
                  ' '.join(['%s=3D%s' % (name, repr(value)) for name, value=
 in self._reprItems()]))

I've turned it into :

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%s %s %s>' \
		....^^....

and then all work fine !

Is there a better way to do that (better than modifying the source code ;) =
? Is it so imperative to use integer as id (except for automatic id generat=
ion) ?

Thanks for any help and for the great work of the author !

--------------------
Fran=E7ois Girault