No code generated for one table??

[Peter]

Hi,
After some initial problems (the config dlg leaves a bit to the user
to figure iout...) I managed generated a demo project against my SQL
Server database on a remote 2003 machine,

However, the generated Model for one of the tables is empty, with just
a list if "using" statements, The other three looks OK as far as I can
see.

Any idea why it failed to generate code for one specific table. The
table def looks OK to me, but maybe something is missing?

//Peter

[Jerod Venema]

Make sure you have a primary key on the table. It needs a primary key to generate properly.

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[Peter]

Yes that was correct, I had missed that. Thanks, but maybe the
software should warn about this since the generated code doesnt
compile?
//Peter

[Ryan Gahl]

Hi Peter.

You're absolutely right. We have a development roadmap we're working on for these tools, and improvements like that will be coming.

I'm glad Jerod was able to help you get going. Don't hesitate to ask further questions here.

-Ryan

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[Jerod Venema]

Yep, that's a great plan!

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[kevin...@metadatastorage.com]

Peter,

Subsonic is at the core of the DAL generation and by convention it does not generate code for any table that does not have a single column primary key.  This seems like a safe assumption, given primary key standards that have evolved over the last few years.  I think SubSonic should generate an exception report so that users know what is not generated.   I will mention that to Rob over at SubSonic.

Now, from nTh Penguins point of view, the class exists and they probably generate the web service methods from existing classes in the DAL.  It may make sense to not generate anything that is not properly generated in the SubSonic side.

Kevin

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From: "Peter" <fshs...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 4:34 PM
To: "WebWidgetry Users" <webwidge...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [WebWidgetry] Re: No code generated for one table??

Yes that was correct, I had missed that. Thanks, but maybe the
software should warn about this since the generated code doesnt
compile?
//Peter

[Ryan Gahl]

Good point, Kevin. Yea, that our DAL generation is based on SubSonic (www.subsonicproject.com), is something we will explain in more depth with a forthcoming documentation release (still looking like a couple weeks out).