"I'm actually curious to know the rationale behind that one, myself."
In the beginning ... OK, I'm speculating here because I wasn't around
in the beginning ... I believe Cayenne ONLY supported the
AUTO_PK_SUPPORT, although maybe Oracle sequences were there early on.
Over time, DB-generated key support was added (sometime in 2.x, I
think) and also PostgreSQL sequences. It is also the only method that
is going to work on all DBs.
mrg
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Robert Zeigler
<robert.zeigle..oxanemy.com> wrote:
> I can understand Joe's confusion: not only does cayenne generate the
> AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table, but it also inserts a row for each table, regardless
> of whether that table is using cayenne vs. db-generated ids.
> I'm actually curious to know the rationale behind that one, myself. :) I
> mean, I know cayenne will fall back to using cayenne-generated ids if the db
> connected to (or corresponding driver) doesn't support auto-pk generation.
> But you should be able to detect that at schema generation time, and you
> have the mapping in hand to determine which entities will use db-generated
> pks... so... at the very least, shouldn't you only insert a row for those
> entities which need it?
>
> The flip side, though, is that having an unused row in the db will have
> virtually no performance impact, and it keeps the generation code much
> simpler. *shrug* Just thinking out loud, I guess... I'd love to hear the
> original rationale for including all entities in the table, regardless of
> what their pk-generation strategy is. :)
>
> Robert
>
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 4/203:43 PM , Michael Gentry wrote:
>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbaldwi..arthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>>> However, I would suggest not doing both strategies on the same table as
>>>> it will probably bite you in the long run somehow.
>>>
>>> That is not my intention (but I agree with you). I am verifying all of
>>> my entities right now. However, the Cayenne Modeler configuration was not
>>> clear. You said that if I set the "PK Generation Strategy" to "Database
>>> Generated" but then I unintentionally had the "Create Primary Key Support"
>>> checked in the "Generate DB Schema" Options dialog, then it would create the
>>> AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table.
>>>
>>> It is not clear to me why you have this in two separate config
>>> parameters. Base on your explanation (in the previous email), that if you
>>> select the "PK Generation Strategy" type for the individual entities, then
>>> the "Create Primary Key Support" option should be automatically configured
>>> at that time.
>>>
>>> Said a different way: why would the Cayenne Modeler create
>>> Cayenne-Managed Primary Key Support for tables with the "PK Generation
>>> Strategy" to "Database Generated"?
>>
>>
>> I think you are confusing Cayenne Modeler's schema generation feature
>> with Cayenne's runtime primary key support feature. More below.
>>
>>
>>> I may be wrong, but base on what you had described, it seems like Cayenne
>>> Modeler is creating a conflicting configuration in this scenario.
>>
>>
>> There is no conflict. Perhaps if you don't use "Database Generated"
>> on any DbEntities then it would be safe in Cayenne Modeler to not have
>> the checkbox when generating the SQL to create the AUTO_PK_SUPPORT
>> table, but I'm not even sure I agree with that idea. Keep in mind
>> that each table can have different PK generation options (even though
>> it would potentially be confusing). Cayenne doesn't stop you from
>> using the AUTO_PK_SUPPORT on some entities even when you are using
>> MySQL's auto-generated PK on other entities (for example, you may need
>> higher performance on some tables for bulk inserts). Cayenne will use
>> whichever strategy you specify for the entity, but allows you to
>> create the AUTO_PK_SUPPORT if it is needed (your call) when you
>> generate the SQL.
>>
>>
>>>> If you have Cayenne generating the keys, it'll push them to MySQL.
>>>
>>> I agree, but I have clearly set "PK Generation Strategy" to "Database
>>> Generated". So my question remains: given that the CM allows conflicting
>>> parameters, which one takes precedence here? I have set "PK Generation
>>> Strategy" to "Database Generated", are you saying that Cayenne then ignores
>>> this configuration?
>>>
>>>
>>>> However, I would suggest not doing both strategies on the same table as
>>>> it will probably bite you in the long run somehow.
>>>
>>>
>>> I agree. That is *definitely* not my intention, (But as I described
>>> above, it appears that this is very easy to do with CayenneModeler.)
>>>
>>> Michael, what you have described concerning CM is not intuitive. I could
>>> easily see a designer configuring one table with Cayenne-Managed
>>> auto-generation, and another with database-auto-generation (because Cayenne
>>> Modeler allows it). If what you are saying is true, then selecting the
>>> "Create Primary Key Support" checkbox, will override they
>>> "database-auto-generation" parameter.
>>
>>
>> That's actually not at all what I am saying. Selecting the "Create
>> Primary Key Support" checkbox in Cayenne Modeler's schema generation
>> tool just creates it in the schema. It doesn't override what you set
>> for each individual entity. Whomever is doing the design needs to
>> decide how the PKs are generated on each table. In a lot of
>> applications it is the same method for all entities, but it doesn't
>> have to be that way.
>>
>>
>>> If this is as bad as you suggest, then Cayenne Modeler should either
>>> prevent this from happening or display an explicit warning.
>>
>>
>> I don't think it is bad at all and never suggested it was. It is a
>> very important and useful feature.
>>
>> mrg
>
>
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