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- From: wjs@blorf.cpac.washington.edu (William Shipley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
- Subject: Re: DBKit API questions
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.005823.8849@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 00:58:23 GMT
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- Michael Brill wrote:
- > Help DBKit Gods!
- >
- > I have a field in a Sybase database that is a long int representing date&time
- > (result of time() function).
- > [and he wants to]
- > (A) Display & edit both the date and time in separate columns, or else
- > if I can't split 1 Sybase field into 2 DBKit attributes, then I'd
- > settle for:
- > (B) Display & edit the date portion of the field
-
- The Oracle has pondered your question carefully, and speaks thusly:
-
- What you'd really like to do here is use the custom object interface in DBKit.
-
- You can't, however, because of a SybaseAdaptor bug.
-
- Another way to do this would be to create a custom Association subclass, which
- converts your int to a date or time string on the fly. You'd then hook two of
- these custom Associations to the integer date property, and you'd be rocking.
-
- The trick is to hook up all of your associations in IB, and then replace the
- date ones with your custom versions at run time.
-
- -William Shipley
- The Omni Group
- DBKit consulting
-
- PS: You owe the oracle a "Ren and Stimpy LOVE DBKit" T-shirt.
-