Create the ObjEntities you want, connect them with particular database
tables, and then use the Sync ObjEntiy with DBEntity menu item. You can
then edit the ObjEntities before you generate your classes.
Todd
On Dec 17, 2004, at 1:54 PM, James A. Hillyerd wrote:
> I spent a couple hours designing a database in the modeler last night.
> Having the GUI is nice, makes it easier to refine things without
> having to jump all over the place in XML files a la Hibernate.
>
> My biggest frustration was that the reverse engineering process seems
> to be all-or-nothing. I designed my DB Entities in the modeler, but
> there was no way to have it translate that into Data Objects
> automatically. I could create the tables in the database and then
> trigger the reverse engineering, but then it would change the names of
> all my relationships, etc.
>
> Something else I noticed... the modeler window seems designed for
> someone with a very small screen, I think it would be nice if more
> data was displayed per-tab, having both the attributes and
> relationships displayed together would be nice.
>
> -james
>
> --
> James A. Hillyerd <jame..illyerd.com>
> Java Software Engineer - ActiveRain.com
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