[orm-devel] Automatic table modufication (was: orm)

[Diedrich Vorberg]

Hi Ross,

>I'd stay away from the idea of making orm do schema management.  My fear 
>would be that adding this kind of feature set would make orm bloated and 
>cumbersome.  I also think that schema management is best left to the db 
>supplier (or other third parties that specialize in it).  I generally 
>put a lot of thought and time into designing a schema that will 
>efficiently model the problem domain.  Actually building the tables 
>takes up only a small portion of this time.  I really *hate* changing 
>the schema once the entities/tables have been created - the ability to 
>have orm do it for me doesn't sound very interesting.

If this is done it has to stay in a module of its own and should not
make changes to any other part of orm necessary. With that requirement
met I don't see any harm done. I can see side how it could be usefull
for some.

Personally I change around the tables a bit but that usually means
changing the app, too. The effort bringing orm up-to-date with the
SQL is dwarfed by the work spent on that.

Diedrich

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