Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Object Model & acs_attributes

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3: Re: Object Model & acs_attributes (response to 2)
Posted by James Thornton on 05/13/04 01:08 AM
Thanks Don. Also, why does the acs_object_types package_name column have a unique constraint? Why can't you have more than one object_type per package?
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5: Re: Object Model & acs_attributes (response to 3)
Posted by Tom Ayles on 05/13/04 12:21 PM
Hi James,

I believe the package_name column in acs_object_types refers to the PL/SQL package name rather than the APM package name. I think it might be used to optionally drop the PL/SQL for an object type when you delete the type, and so you'd want it to be constrained unique to prevent automatically dropping the PL/SQL for another type that isn't being deleted.

HTH,
Tom

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6: Re: Object Model & acs_attributes (response to 5)
Posted by James Thornton on 05/13/04 08:13 PM
Ahh, thanks Tom. I couldn't find that documented -- was the package_name column recently added?