Entity tables or Map tables for "book" module

Umka

Joined: 2008-06-16
Posts: 12

Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 14:42

Greetings!

I'm beginning to create a custom module with the "book" functionality. It would be a list of articles grouped in "books" and then in "chapters". Each article is going to be text formatted with bbcode and "book" and "chapter" would only be there properties, so I could sort them the way book looks like (If I put all articles in one book and one chapter - it could be a simple dictionary). While all articles are not associated with particular image or album in galley (at least most of them) I decided to make a module because I want to have one seamless site and use one login/pass for all operations. Actually this (book) is the only functionality I need besides image galley.

So I managed to create tutorial module, made some views and need to move on, but stuck with table creation.

Articles looks pretty much as an entity, so Entity table might be a right choice, but I'm confused with few things:
When declaring an entity I need to define "parent-class-name". What should I do if my entity is not related to any existing entity? Should I define parent class as some default root class? How this choice influence the rest? What should I write in GalleryCoreApi::requireOnce('modules/core/classes/XXXXXXXX.class')

What would be the difference if I use Map tables? Are they just self sufficient tables with no relation to anything?

What is <schema-major> and <schema-minor>?

Thanks in advance.

Umka

Joined: 2008-06-16
Posts: 12

Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 14:53

I'm sorry, there must be a glitch somewhere, I can't see my post in forum, but in "my topics" I'v got 5 of them. Could moderators remove other copies please? Hope only I can't see them.

alecmyers

Joined: 2006-08-01
Posts: 4342

Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 16:06

I've just deleted them... how did you managed to post 5 times? It seems to be happening a lot recently, so if you can explain what happened I can maybe investigate and prevent it.

Umka

Joined: 2008-06-16
Posts: 12

Posted: Wed, 2008-10-08 12:30

When I done writing and press "Post comment" button - it opend a blank page. When I went to the forum page - there ware no my topic. I thought there was timeout of some kind, or browser glitch. Done it several times in several ways, even in different browsers. Then I went to "My topics" and find out that all 5 posts ware successful, but I could not see them in forum. I went to this topic through "My topics" page and wrote comments.

P.S. Adding comments works fine BTW.

P.P.S. Any help on the subject?

serbanc

Joined: 2006-05-19
Posts: 314

Posted: Wed, 2008-10-08 14:17

I can help.

serbanc - www.e-poze.ro

Umka Joined: 2008-06-16 Posts: 12	Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 14:42
	Greetings! I'm beginning to create a custom module with the "book" functionality. It would be a list of articles grouped in "books" and then in "chapters". Each article is going to be text formatted with bbcode and "book" and "chapter" would only be there properties, so I could sort them the way book looks like (If I put all articles in one book and one chapter - it could be a simple dictionary). While all articles are not associated with particular image or album in galley (at least most of them) I decided to make a module because I want to have one seamless site and use one login/pass for all operations. Actually this (book) is the only functionality I need besides image galley. So I managed to create tutorial module, made some views and need to move on, but stuck with table creation. Articles looks pretty much as an entity, so Entity table might be a right choice, but I'm confused with few things: When declaring an entity I need to define "parent-class-name". What should I do if my entity is not related to any existing entity? Should I define parent class as some default root class? How this choice influence the rest? What should I write in GalleryCoreApi::requireOnce('modules/core/classes/XXXXXXXX.class') What would be the difference if I use Map tables? Are they just self sufficient tables with no relation to anything? What is <schema-major> and <schema-minor>? Thanks in advance.
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Umka Joined: 2008-06-16 Posts: 12	Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 14:53
	I'm sorry, there must be a glitch somewhere, I can't see my post in forum, but in "my topics" I'v got 5 of them. Could moderators remove other copies please? Hope only I can't see them.

alecmyers Joined: 2006-08-01 Posts: 4342	Posted: Mon, 2008-10-06 16:06
	I've just deleted them... how did you managed to post 5 times? It seems to be happening a lot recently, so if you can explain what happened I can maybe investigate and prevent it.

Umka Joined: 2008-06-16 Posts: 12	Posted: Wed, 2008-10-08 12:30
	When I done writing and press "Post comment" button - it opend a blank page. When I went to the forum page - there ware no my topic. I thought there was timeout of some kind, or browser glitch. Done it several times in several ways, even in different browsers. Then I went to "My topics" and find out that all 5 posts ware successful, but I could not see them in forum. I went to this topic through "My topics" page and wrote comments. P.S. Adding comments works fine BTW. P.P.S. Any help on the subject?

serbanc Joined: 2006-05-19 Posts: 314	Posted: Wed, 2008-10-08 14:17
	I can help. serbanc - www.e-poze.ro

Entity tables or Map tables for "book" module

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