Re: entity question FK join question

Posted by jonwimp on
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/entity-question-FK-join-question-tp144397p144400.html

Christopher,

You can delete all Uoms of uomTypeId not equal to TIME_FREQ_MEASURE. Does that do it?

If you just don't want users modifying the Uom entity at all, you can disable every part in OFBiz
that performs updates to that entity.

Jonathon

Christopher Snow wrote:

> Jonathon,
>
> I was referring to the Uom Entity in ofbiz common.  I don't want users
> to modify the data in the Uom Entity, just to be able to select from the
> values Uom's where uomTypeId=TIME_FREQ_MEASURE .
>
> <MyEntity ..
>   <field name="proximityDate" ..
>   <field name="proximityDateUomId" ..
>   ..
>
> I only want to join MyEntity to the Uom entity for Time/Frequency Uom's
> as the other Uom's (e.g. Energy) don't make much sense for me.
>
> I was hoping not to do this at the service/application layer as I would
> need to specify this constraint in multiple places.
>
> Sorry for the confusion!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 15:54 +0800, Jonathon -- Improov wrote:
>> Christopher,
>>
>> Services/forms/etc, aka application level/layer.
>>
>> After all, you need to constrain inputs from the end-user first.
>>
>> Jonathon
>>
>> Christopher Snow wrote:
>>> I have an entity that is related to the Uom entity, but only where
>>> uomTypeId=TIME_FREQ_MEASURE
>>>
>>> Is it possible to set this constraint at the entity level?, or
>>> should I create an entity view for this limited subset?, or
>>> should all my services/forms/etc constrain the uomTypeId?
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris
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