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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 { public TemplateSection SidebarLeft {get; set; } public TemplateSection SidebarRight {get; set; } } } I want to edit...

Is there any Mathematical Model or Theory behind Programming Languages?

RDBMS are based on Relational Algebra as well as Codd's Model. Do we have something similar to that for Programming languages or OOP? ...

Writing a custom auth system (like the default django auth system), use it to generate tables in DB

Hay all, I've been reading up on middleware and how to use it with a context object. I want to write a simple middleware class which i can use on my own applications, it will essentially be a cut down version of the django one. The problem i seem to have is that if i have INSTALLED_APPS = ('django.contrib.my_auth') in the settings fi...

Django anonymous user in model

I have a model defined as below: class Example(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True) other = models.CharField(max_length=100) The problem is Django refuses to assign django.contrib.auth.models.AnonymousUser directly to Example.user as null field so everytime I have to check if request.user.is_authenticated()...

Can I change the datsource of report model at runtime

I've some adhoc reports developed on some report models which are published on Report Server (we're using SSRS 2008). Everything is running well. Now in our production environment we've near about forty (40) customers who have their own database (each have the same table structures and other database objects). Now the challenge is whenev...

Dynamic data validation in ASP.NET MVC

I've recently read about the model validation capabilities of ASP.NET MVC which are all very cool until a certain point. What happens if the application doesn't know the data that it works with because it is all stored in DB and built together at runtime. Just like in Drupal, I'd like to be able to define custom types at runtime, and ass...

when to clear or make null asp.net mvc models?

I am working in an asp .net mvc application. I am using the model and storing some of the values which i need to preserve between the page posts, in the form of datacontexts. Say my model looks something like this: public SelectedUser SelectedUserDetails { //get and set has //this.datacontext.data.SelectedUser = ..... //r...

render Url.Action in model

how can i do such thing in model or controller? <%= Url.Action("Home"); %> ...

CakePHP counterCache

I'm using counterCache to track the number of chapters that have been posted to their related stories. This all works fine, apart from the fact that when the chapter_count field in the database gets updated, the modified field for that record does not. Is there any way that I can set Cake to automatically update the modified field when...

Rails Model for Playlist that can contain tracks and albums using polymorphism

I struggle to find a model how to store a playlist with different type of items on it in Rails. Consider I have class Track end class Album has_many :tracks end class PlaylistItem belongs_to :playable belongs_to :playlist end class Playable belongs_to :playable, :polymorph => true end class Playlist has_many :playlist_i...

What does flushing thread local memory to global memory mean?

Hi, I am aware that the purpose of volatile variables in Java is that writes to such variables are immediately visible to other threads. I am also aware that one of the effects of a synchronized block is to flush thread-local memory to global memory. I have never fully understood the references to 'thread-local' memory in this context....

Binding, Prefixes and generated HTML

MVC newbie question re binders. Supposing I have two strongly typed partial actions that happen to have a model attributes with the same name, and are rendered in the same containing page i.e.: Class Friend {string Name {get; set ;} DateTime DOB {get; set ;}} Class Foe {string Name {get; set ;} string ReasonForDislike {get; set ;}} Bo...

How do I do a grouping by year?

I have a books model with a date type column named publish_date. On my views I'm iterating through the books and I want to group the books by year such that I have a heading for every year and books that were published on that year to be listed below the year heading. So by starting with "2010" all books published on 2010 would be liste...

ASP.NET MVC 2 validation LINQ to SQL

Currently I have a DataModel object which contains my linq to sql classes(a dmbl file). Currently I use a partial class to validate the incoming input. For example public partial class User : IEntity { public NameValueCollection CheckModel() { return GetRuleViolations(); } /// <summary> /// Method validates...

How to do an additional search on archive in rails if record not found, by extending model?

Hello, I was wondering if somebody knows an elegant solution to the following: Suppose I have a table that holds orders, with a bunch of data. So I'm at 1M records, and searches begin to take time. So I want to speed it up by archiving some data that is more than 3 years old - saving it into a table called orders-archive, and then pu...

zend framework can't find Model classes ?

Yall: I have a simple question, it might be a simple configuration issue, but I have a Model defined, and when I try to access it from a controller it fails. The Model is in the model directory, and when I look at the quickstart app, it seems like this should work. Here is my model: <?php class Application_Model_User { protect...

Rails: HABTM records not being deleted appropriately

I'm doing maintenance work on an existing rails site and have run into a strange bug. There are a few different models involved here: Registrations, Business Categories, and Services. Registrations HABTM Business Categories and Services, each of which HABTM Registrations. The appropriate non-primary-keyed join tables exist for each of ...

Preference values - static without tables using a model with virtual attributes

Im trying to eliminate two tables from my database. The tables are message_sort_options and per_page_options. These tables basically just have 5 records which are options a user can set as their preference in a preferences table. The preferences table has columns like sort_preferences and per_page_preference which both point to a record ...

Map problem when passing it as model to view in grails

Hi, In a controller, I have populated a map that has a string as key and a list as value; in the gsp, I try to show them like this: <g:each in="${sector}" var="entry" > <br/>${entry.key}<br/> <g:each in="${entry.value}" var="item" > ${item.name}<br/> </g:each> </g:each> The problem is that item is considered as string, so I ...

Ruby on Rails activerecord find average in one sql and Will_Paginate

Hi all I have the following model association: a student model and has_many scores. I need to make a list showing their names and average, min, max scores. So far I am using student.scores.average(:score) on each student, and I realise that it is doing one sql per student. How can I make the list with one joined sql? Also how would I...