[PonyORM-list] Table names

[Vincent LE GOFF]

Hello Alexey,

Thank you for your reply.  Yes, it would help, if it worked for packages 
too (I usually recommend using a single class per module, or per file, 
anyway).  If this prefix can be defined in the package '__init__.py' 
file or something like that, it would definitely help a lot.  And make 
names much more pleasant even for those who have to work with the DB 
itself, since my idea (of having the full path of each class as a name) 
would make names like 'path_subpath_modulename_pluralclassname' which 
isn't very beautiful, your solution seems better.

Thanks again,

Vincent

Le 6/18/2015 9:59 AM, Alexey Malashkevich a écrit :
> Hi Vincent,
>
> We thought about your request a little bit and here what we can suggest.
> We could introduce an ability to declare the variable in a module such as
>
> PONY_TABLE_PREFIX = "some_prefix_"
>
> When Pony processes entity definitions, it checks if this variable is 
> declared in the current module. If it is, then Pony adds this prefix 
> to all table names. What do you think about this idea? Would it cover 
> your needs?
>
> Regards,
> Alexey
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Vincent LE GOFF 
> <vincent.legoff.srs at gmail.com <mailto:vincent.legoff.srs at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     I was wondering something very simple:  In an application with a
>     lot of classes that should be saved in the database, name conflict
>     isn't that scarce.  In fact, since I'm trying to design a modular
>     project, everyone could add new classes.  Pony might not like that
>     a bit if two classes have similar names.
>
>     An obvious solution is to use the full names of classes
>     (package.subpackage.subsubpackage....ClassName) instead.  We could
>     use underscores instead of dots, dots are not a good idea in table
>     names I guess.  I might be able to create a metaclass of some sort
>     to do just that.  But perhaps there's an easier way to do it.
>     Besides, I don't know if it would react well.
>
>     Thanks for your help and your work,
>
>     Vincent
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