Re: [SQLObject] Final patch for 0.4 with unit tests

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 10:56, Matt Goodall wrote:
> This is just a quick thought, and probably something for a later
> release, but couldn't an alphanumeric id be expressed something like
> this:
> 
> class Pet(SQLObject):
>     id = IdCol(type='alpha', length=32)
>     code = StringCol()
>     name = StringCol()
>     toyID = IntCol(foreignKey='Toy')
>     _joins = [...]

Yes, I think this is better.  Or rather:

class Pet(SQLObject):
    id = StringCol(length=32)

That it's named "id" would imply its role.  You could then use a dbName
argument in lieu of _idName.

  Ian