Adding string to a tableview iphone sdk

Question

hi, i created a new project with a tableview already done by default with the add button which add dates. But the project is im not familiar with the nsmanagedobject thing. I want to add specific string to this not dates. thx for help!!

NSManagedObjectContext *context = [fetchedResultsController managedObjectContext];
NSEntityDescription *entity = [[fetchedResultsController fetchRequest] entity];
NSManagedObject *newManagedObject = [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:[entity name] inManagedObjectContext:context];
[newManagedObject setValue:[NSDate date] forKey:@"timeStamp"];

Answer 1

Looks like you've started a project using Core-Data. If you don't know what Core-Data is or how to use it, you can find out more here:

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/CoreData.pdf

Answer 2

It sounds like you need to learn about Core Data. I would also recommend Core Data: Apple's API for Persisting Data on Mac OS X by Marcus S. Zarra.

To display a string, rather than a date, you need to modify the data model. The template created a data model with a sigle Event entity that has a data attribute.

You can remove or rename this entity and modify the attributes as desired. You want to add a string attribute.

Then, you will want to specify the name of your new string attribute as the key for sorting in the fetch. You will also want to use it to set the value of the text in the table view cell's text label. Finally, you will need to modify the insert new object method to set a default value for the new attribute.