Part of the MVC pattern, the Model manages the behavior and data of the application.
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How should a model be structured in MVC?
I am just getting a grasp on the MVC framework and often I wonder how much code should go in the model. I trend of have a data access class that has methods like this:
public function ...
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votes
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Doctrine2: Best way to handle many-to-many with extra columns in reference table
I'm wondering what's the best, the cleanest and the most simply way to work with many-to-many relations in Doctrine2.
Let's assume that we've got an album like Master of Puppets by Metallica with ...
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votes
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Is there a way to get a collection of all the Models in your Rails app?
Is there a way that you can get a collection of all of the Models in your Rails app?
Basically, can I do the likes of: -
Models.each do |model|
puts model.class.name
end
Thanks in advance.
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Real example of TryUpdateModel, ASP .NET MVC 3
I can't understand, how to use TryUpdateModel and save the MVC architecture at the same time.
If I am not mistaken, work with datacontexts must be in the Model. So, such code
var db=new ...
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votes
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Fat models, skinny controllers and the MVC design pattern
I just read a blog post that explains MVC with a banking analogy. I have a few months of experience with web application development with an MVC framework (CakePHP), so I get the basics, but I began ...
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votes
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Django set default form values
I have a Model as follows
class TankJournal(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
tank = models.ForeignKey(TankProfile)
ts = models.IntegerField(max_length=15)
title = ...
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votes
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Rails find_or_create by more than one attribute?
There is a handy dynamic attribute in active-record called find_or_create_by:
Model.find_or_create_by_<attribute>(:<attribute> => "")
But what if I need to find_or_create by more than ...
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Rails Model has_many with multiple foreign_keys
Relatively new to rails and trying to model a very simple family "tree" with a single Person model that has a name, gender, father_id and mother_id (2 parents). Below is basically what I want to do, ...
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Why Two Classes, View Model and Domain Model?
I know it could be bad to use domain models as view models. If my domain model has a property named IsAdmin and I have a Create controller action to create users, someone could alter my form and get ...
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How to find iPhone/iPod Device model(3G,3GS,4,4S) by code? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Determine device (iPhone, iPod Touch) with iPhone SDK
I have tried to get the current device model name like 3G,3GS,4,4S,iPodTouch(Different Generations). But, i cant ...
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votes
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How to change the sequence of 'joins' in CakePHP?
I have the problem with the sequence of joins. The similar problem was in another question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3343348/manipulating-order-of-joins-in-cakephp. The answer was to use ...
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votes
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Rails :dependent => :destroy VS :dependent => :delete_all
In rails guides it's described like this:
Objects will be in addition destroyed if they’re associated with :dependent => :destroy, and deleted if they’re associated with :dependent => ...
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Model binding with nested child models and PartialViews in ASP.NET MVC
I have the following types and classes:
{
namespace MVC.Models
public class Page
{
public EditableContent Content {get; set; }
}
public class EditableContent
...
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votes
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Modeling objects with multiple table relationships in Zend Framework
I'm toying with Zend Framework and trying to use the "QuickStart" guide against a website I'm making just to see how the process would work. Forgive me if this answer is obvious, hopefully someone ...
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votes
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Rails has_many with dynamic conditions
What I want is to create a Model that connects with another using a has_many association in a dynamic way, without the foreign key like this:
has_many :faixas_aliquotas, :class_name => ...
