Issues

need help for conceptual modelling of database

Menghins — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:41:08 GMT

hi superguys, im building a website that supports a multiplex cinema, and allows users to book tickets for the screenings; so an user can do a prenotation, and i have set a class/object 'prenotation'; i need to track the prenotation, that mean also the movie, the cinema, the date etc.. and if another user want to book, he cant see the booked seat as available, so i think i need to report someway the busy places so i (and the users) can know which places are free and this is way i think i need to track the prenotation now i wonder: first of all, should i think about this problem in the conceptual model? yes? so how should i manage this function in the conceptual model? should i give the right attributes to the prenotation class, in way that, for every prenotation i know the movie,the date, the cinema and the seat? or i can solve this in the relational schema? SUGGEST!!! SUGGEST!!! SUGGEEST!!! SUGGEEEST!!! :beer:

Broken tags

Genyus — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:53:49 GMT

I've observed that searching for multi-word tags is broken, e.g. http://www.ormfoundation.org/tags/Bug+Report/default.aspx

This is an issue that affects Community Server when running on IIS7.x and can be easily fixed by adding the following to the <system.webServer> section in web.config:

Question / Inserting images

sbattisti — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:34:06 GMT

In IE 8 on Windows 7, I can't get the image button to work properly. I get the pop-up where I can put in my URL, but then nothing happens when I submit the information.

Is there a code shortcut I can use to just type in the url to my image so that it displays in-line in my post? I'd rather do that than attach the files...

Thanks!

Steve

Extended Properties

Pat Hallock — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:52:41 GMT

Has soemthing gone wrong with extended properties in the last release?

I can create thme in the Machine and send them to the Model. However, they do not show in the modeling area and when I return to the definition of the propertities they are there for the machine but not the model. I can find no way to make then stick to the mdoel. Yes, I do a save.

Edit post link does not work

Andy Reiser — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:51:27 GMT

The Edit link for posts does not seem to work. Every time I click post on the edit page for a post that I had previously written, the changes that I made do not stick. Check out the opening post on this thread for an example. I tried to clean that up many times with no luck.

I think your problem is the fact that you are using an ASP.NET-based forum backend. As great as ASP.NET is, it seems incapable of handling forum requirements. I always seem to have these problems on ASP.NET forums.

I recommend swapping to a php forum software. They are faster and never have these problems. PHP is not my favourite language, but it is easily the superior language for forum software.

Forum structure, thread drift

Brian Nalewajek — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:33:46 GMT

Hi Ken,

Agreed: thread drift is a problem, and one I've pointed out before (and as a problem is common enough in community forums to not really need pointing out). That's one of the reasons I suggested Marijke break her original thread into better enable development of the constituent parts. It's also the reason why I started this new thread - rather than drift yet farther from the original post in replying.

As a practical matter, making good choices on forum headings will depend on the supporting software and the time constraints of the site admin. Knowing your plate is full with the degree work, I expect all ideas and suggestion for changing the structure of the forums here will are on hold. You'll let us know when the situation changes; and will provide some of the constraints for the options you see as viable.

In the mean time, a general policy of looking out for thread topic drift should suffice. It's going to happen, that one thought leads to another; and that drift will occur. Like most things, it's only a problem when it gets out of hand. Wonder if a new icon for thread topic drift would be useful. Nothing severe, just a gentle reminder - as in the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" where his friend sees him nodding off on his camel "You were drifting. You've been warned."

BRN..

Missing spaces in posts as rendered by MS Outlook

Brian Nalewajek — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:21:16 GMT

Hi,

Have others seen this: When viewing OF auto-emailed posts in MS Outlook (Office 2007), many words appear concatenated. There are obvious places where space characters are missing; and too many to be due to typos. Checking the same posts online at the OF site, I see that these posts are rendered correctly. I've seen this with posts I've written, and of those posted by others.

If this fault is common, it will be worth tracking down the cause, and finding a solution. The posts here require careful reading as it is.

BRN..

Spell checking forum posts

Brian Nalewajek — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:46:29 GMT

Admin,

I use FireFox to access the forums here. I can't find a way to get FF's built in spell checking feature to work in the forum posts entries. I does work in the search box, and even in the leave a comment to Library file section. I have Content Editor set to Enhanced in user profile. Can't think of anything else to try. Please look into this, when you have a chance. I can still use Word to compose then paste here; but it would help to have the spell checking here too.

Thanks,

BRN..

Images within Posts - Common Meta Model

VictorMorgante — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:01:44 GMT

Hi Ken,

We're at the stage with our research (at Viev) where we feel that we can start asking questions and contributing to discussions on the common (ORM) meta-model. In order to do so, we'd like to start putting images (ORM models) within those posts (as general points for discussion).

Anyway, I'm not sure about the general philosophy of how images make their way onto OF.
e.g. John's picture for the 'Big Brown Book Club' isn't on OF, but on another server somewhere.

Is this the intent?..i.e. 'always reference images from your own server and [link] them within the post'.

The only reason I ask, is that if 'our' server goes down, then OF loses the image (link). I mean, we certainly put the images on our server if we have to.

Or is there a way to load images onto OF? If there is, can you let us know how.
I don't mind either way, I'm just curious how it works and what you want people to do.

Best regds
Victor

Help link now works from all pages

Brian Nalewajek — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:11:43 GMT

Hi Ken,

I tried accessing the help link from each page, and before or after sign-in. It works fine.

BRN..

Marking a post/reply as answer

Brian Nalewajek — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:03:11 GMT

Admin,

Is there a way to mark a post reply as the answer to the question or problem mentioned in a post? Matt C. found a registry key left over from a previous CTP of nORMa tool, that was causing problems with Extension Manager in VS2008 04/08 Drop on Vista systems. We tested the problem, after removing the key, and EM is working as it should. Matt's reply should be marked as the answer, or an answer for this thread.

If this feature is already available, please point out the steps.

Thanks,

BRN..

Correcting errors in a post

Brian Nalewajek — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:15:43 GMT

Admin,

I've tried to use the feature that allows the original poster to edit a post to correct errors in the text. I have not, however, been able to make any actual changes to any of my posts. When trying to correct a typo, I'll see the error corrected in the preview display; but I only see the original form after posting the new version.

If there are some non-intuitive steps for finalizing the corrections please post them, or post the location for the instructions.

If I spot a mistake in one of my posts, I'd like to be able to correct it. All part of maintaining the quality of the OF website.

Thanks,

BRN..

Minor problem with forum preview and post

Brian Nalewajek — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:14:22 GMT

Admin,

I just posted a reply to a post, and saw that the reply had lost all paragraph spacings. I posted a second version of the reply, and checked the preview feature to see that all paragraps were spaced correctly - and they were in the preview screen. I posted that, but see that only some of the paragraph spacings were actualy used.

This is likely only a glitch in pasting material composed outside of the site's editor - though strange that the preview screen didn't pick this up.

Uless it becomes a common problem, there's no need to address it. Do feel free to delete the first, monlithic, reply post (if possible), as the content is the same in both cases.

BRN..

Forum Statistics

Sjir Nijssen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:26:48 GMT

Dear Ken,

When I wanted to use the ORM Foundation statistics as an exercise in a FO class, I came across a problem.

I have assumed that one of the principles underlying the UFO is consistency.

When I was reading the forum statistics this morning, I read:

312 users have contributed to 83 threads.

Looking at Tools, Norma I verbalize:

Norma has so far resulted in 182 threads.

Please help me explain this seemingly inconsistency.

A have a similar problem with posts.

Regards

Sjir