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How to export with latestOfMany() relationships for hasOne?

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:31:23 +0000

I am exporting my project to a test environment and it is copying over all the models exported by Skipper as expected. I am using Laravel and so far everything is going well.

In order to not change the workflow I need to define latestOfMany() as the relationship default behaviour in the exported Abstract Model.

Is there something I'm missing, can you define such behaviour in Skipper?

Many thanks

Answered: Licence reset on each start

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:31:56 +0000

Hello,

this is very strange behavior, probably caused by some unusual OS configuration.

please write me to ludek.vodicka@skipper18.com together with your license key so I can check it more.

Thanks

Answered: [Poll] Which ORM Framework will be supported next?

Sat, 02 Sep 2023 06:15:39 +0000

I would love to see support for TypeORM as for some of our next projects we aim to use NestJS.

Are skipper able to create has many through relations?

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:32:52 +0000

Is there a way to define hasmanythrough realtions in skipper?
https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent-relationships#has-many-through

/Frode

use skipper with eloquent and phinx

Fri, 13 May 2022 17:55:54 +0000

For a new project I need to use the SLIM4 framework instead of my trusted laravel. I have added Eloquent and will do migrations through phinx (from cakephp).
I want to use skipper for databases design, ORM class generation and migration. I almost got it working but two thing are still giving me trouble:

the generated filename for migrations are of a form that phinx does not understand, and I can't find a way to make it more succeptible. skipper generates yyyymmddtttttt{name}.php but phynx does not recognise this file, it needs yyyymmddtttttt_{name}.php. Is there any way to set the output filename format for migration files?
the migration class (use top of migration file) is fixed at Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration. In my case that needs to be \Migration\Migration which is the class that extends the phinx abstract mygration class. Is there any way to setup the template(?) skipper uses?

all the best!
Michael

Answered: Does Skipper run on MacOS Monterey?

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:32:07 +0000

Hello,

we are not aware of any issues on Monterey. So feel free to install it.

Ludek

Answered: [Fixed] print error in Linux

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:54:46 +0000

Can you please try latest beta?

https://support.skipper18.com/402/downloads-skipper-beta

We found some hack-fixes how to make it work.

Answered: How could I align entities automatically in visual editor?

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:03:46 +0000

Can you please be more specific how your entities lost their positions?

All positions should remain after adding new entities. Can you please create some screencast ?

Answered: [Answered] Can join tables be hidden after XML import?

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 05:56:22 +0000

Hi,

it's not possible to hide mn-entity. It's because this entity is necessary to configure some mn association properties.

Primary key annotation not generated after changing db_naming_strategy to underscore_lower

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:07:49 +0000

Primary key annotation not generated after changing dbnamingstrategy to underscore_lower. (setting the value to 'default' causes a crash)
Model:

Parameter:

Before change from 'empty' to 'underscore_lower':

After the change:

Answered: Table name prefixes for each bundle

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:56:50 +0000

Unfortunately, this is not possible. Skipper offers only options offered by each ORM. So there is, for example, table_prefix but not Entity prefix.

But you can specify namespace for each bundle, so you will have Foo\Bar (for Doctrine2 for example)

Answered: Floating license

Fri, 05 May 2017 15:46:17 +0000

Hi, this is against licensing rules. Each user who is using Skipper needs to have its own license.

Answered: It is not possible to delete a region "without removing entities inside", do you have a solution?

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:53:32 +0000

No, currently it is not possible to remove region without removing its content. You need to move content away and remove region. We can check if it would be possible to implement such feature.

In case you move/resize the region, entities never leave the region. You need to explicitly move entities away from the region.

This is because of preventing accidental remove entities from the region by changing region's size.

Answered: Is it possible to "search" in an entity name or in a column name ?

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:56:44 +0000

You can search in project tree area:

There is currently no shortcut but we will add it. Thanks for suggestion

Answered: @Gedmo\Locale anotation field

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:02:17 +0000

Hi, I tested it in the office and here is step-by-step how to configure it properly

Fill property Locale with string "locale" (type it), but don't create Locale field in entity.

and after export you will get

<?php
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Gedmo\Mapping\Annotation as Gedmo;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 */
class SampleEntity
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
     */
    private $id;

    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255, nullable=true)
     * @Gedmo\Translatable
     */
    private $name;

    /**
     * @Gedmo\Locale
     */
    private $locale;
}

Here is a testing Skipper project: https://support.skipper18.com/?qa=blob&qa_blobid=15863976045259084745

Answered: Is it possible to use Skipper in headless mode?

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:54:15 +0000

Hi, currently this is not possible but I believe it's not hard to implement this feature.

But Skipper needs full license for each user and in such scenario server will be counted as independent user.

Answered: Gedmo extensions beta support

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:47:21 +0000

Hello

I'm having a problem with the Tree extension. I can configure the TreeRoot fields in skipper but when I try to export to Doctrine, it is ignored.

I can export the TreeLeft, TreeLevel, TreeParent and TreeRight without problems.

Here is my entity configuration (I'm working with uuid as PRIMARY KEY) :

Thanks

<entity name="\ApiBundle\Entity\Category" local-name="Category" namespace="\ApiBundle\Entity" uuid="06669181-8205-4b93-b860-9de218b468b5">
  <field name="id" type="uuid" required="true" primary="true" uuid="7e9b4159-89a2-4e14-8b1a-1ad445174df2">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="generator">
        <attribute name="strategy">CUSTOM</attribute>
      </attribute>
      <attribute name="custom-id-generator">
        <attribute name="class">Ramsey\Uuid\Doctrine\UuidGenerator</attribute>
      </attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="createdAt" type="datetime" required="true" uuid="dbb607be-4e05-4d25-9a54-060b4f290f7d">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="column-definition">TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="updatedAt" type="datetime" required="true" uuid="267af731-a6b2-496e-a459-1888a01776af">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="column-definition">TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="title" type="string" size="700" required="true" uuid="5ee776fd-ef40-45b3-952e-db86eb8851e2"/>
  <field name="slug" type="string" size="700" uuid="6538fa63-5688-49c4-b865-8b2a144bf3ba"/>
  <field name="parentId" type="uuid" uuid="faeb230a-0b2e-4079-8ada-295e4657404a"/>
  <field name="left" type="integer" uuid="993c31b5-8854-4944-8f98-d3b0654731c7">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="column">`left`</attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="level" type="integer" uuid="7de9d007-ddd9-40b8-a12c-0c54fd6bdd4a">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="column">`level`</attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="right" type="integer" uuid="97167d12-1e7e-4a6e-82ff-518c887a62b8">
    <orm-attributes>
      <attribute name="column">`right`</attribute>
    </orm-attributes>
  </field>
  <field name="rootId" type="uuid" uuid="2ca02ad1-2d63-4d80-8f73-8649a05e21cd"/>
  <orm-attributes>
    <attribute name="export-file-name">Category.php</attribute>
    <attribute name="table">category</attribute>
    <attribute name="repository-class">ApiBundle\Repository\CategoryRepository</attribute>
    <attribute name="Gedmo">
      <attribute name="Tree">
        <attribute name="Type">nested</attribute>
        <attribute name="Fields">
          <attribute name="TreeLeft">left</attribute>
          <attribute name="TreeRight">right</attribute>
          <attribute name="TreeLevel">level</attribute>
          <attribute name="TreeParent">parent</attribute>
          <attribute name="TreeRoot">rootId</attribute>
        </attribute>
      </attribute>
    </attribute>
  </orm-attributes>
</entity>
<association from="\ApiBundle\Entity\Category" to="\ApiBundle\Entity\Category" caption="Category Category" owner-alias="children" inverse-alias="parent" many-owner="true" many-inverse="false" uuid="b16d0a81-e7cd-4bdc-b7d3-de1839d4f19c">
  <association-field from="parentId" to="id"/>
  <orm-attributes>
    <attribute name="side-owning"/>
    <attribute name="side-inverse"/>
  </orm-attributes>
</association>
<association from="\ApiBundle\Entity\Category" to="\ApiBundle\Entity\Category" owner-alias="" inverse-alias="root" many-owner="true" many-inverse="false" uuid="30b17252-6070-42fc-8edf-809bf28f6bb4">
  <association-field from="rootId" to="id"/>
  <orm-attributes>
    <attribute name="side-owning"/>
    <attribute name="side-inverse"/>
  </orm-attributes>
</association>

Answered: How do I remove or disable the "maintenance" reminder?

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 08:34:35 +0000

Hi, currently it's not possible to remove this message.

It's definitely not a nagware or bug. It's a behavior we decided to implement to notify users maintenance is expired and it's necessary to update it.

It's in user interest to update the maintenance to be able to get latest updates as same as get support (for example here on support site) and be able to access viewer licenses.

Answered: Skipper is changing how an entity works from original import

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:29:00 +0000

Hi,

I checked your input and output schema files and both are equal. The only difference is that the second (exported) version contains full definition of join columns. Skipper always exports the most accurate version of schema files.

What exactly do you mean by that schema does not work?

In case your many-to-many database tables use different join columns, simply update these columns in Skipper model after import. But this is a normal import strategy which Skipper uses on all projects and we didn't receive any other report about such complication.

Answered: [Feature request] Export project as pdf with entityName + tableName?

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:34:51 +0000

Hi,
currently this is not possible so I will add it to feature-request category. If more users will be interested in such feature, we should implement it in the future.

In the meanwhile, if you need to send such model to someone else, simply send him your project exported as "Single-file":

together with Skipper model Viewer license key (available in your license page). Thanks for this your customer/colleague can simply browse your model with all ORM attributes.

Skipper viewer license can be activated on unlimited number of computers for free as long as you have active maintenance for your full license.

Answered: How are people using Skipper within a branched Git environment

Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:43:03 +0000

Hi Dave,

This is definitely possible thanks to ability to split project to different modules. I will describe you our workflow which we're using on our project (Skipper itself, licensing server and some other projects):

As versioning tool we're using SVN. We have our project split to several modules and each module has it's own Skipper model file. Thanks to this it is pretty easy to create new development branch.

When we need to develop new feature we simply create new project where all modules are linked via svn:externals and only the module which will be updated has it's own branch also linked to project.

After that, we simply create new project with root in development directory and let Skipper scan all schema files. Together with schema files Skipper find also skipper.module.xml files and creates new project with all existing modules.

Thanks to this you can work on trunk modules where necessary and also have isolated specific module which needs to be developed separately.

More information about modules and splitting / sharing modules between multiple project is available in our help: http://help.skipper18.com/how-to-use/application-concepts/shared-modules

Answered: Is there anyway to export the table to a mysql structure?

Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:26:53 +0000

As you pointed out, this task is already processed by Doctrine tools.

The reason why Skipper doesn't do this task is that each ORM framework handles database structure on its own. Also advanced features like inheritance, collection, embedded etc. is ORM framework dependent and can vary based on feature configuration (for example based on inheritance type there are several ways how data are stored in database).

So we would have to implement the whole and complete logic already implemented by each ORM framework independently to be able to implement database export.

From the reasons described above currently we are not considering this feature. Maybe in the future we will implement some standalone plugin for this but currently we don't have specific date.

PS: Maybe you can use some third-party tool or migrations to distribute database changes to production.

Answered: [Answered] delete associations without deleting field

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:27:39 +0000

Hi, you're right. This feature was available in old ORM Designer releases.

But based on the large amount of user requests we removed this feature because in 99% of use cases there is no reason why to keep this field after relation removal. This field is usually bounded with destination table and destination field and its re-usage can lead to unnecessary behaviors.

Answered: [Answered] Convert .skipper to Mysql Workbench

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:26:39 +0000

Hi,

we're not considering such export because from our users' point of view it's useless. As soon as you will start using Skipper there is no reason to export it back to workbench.

In case you want to purchase Skipper but don't have whole amount right now, we can offer you purchasing the Skipper license in six continuous payments. Feel free to write us to support@skipper18.com and one of my colleague will send you more details.

Ludek

Answered: [answered] How can I open an existing Shopware 4.x model in Skipper?

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:16:06 +0000

I'm not aware of shopware internals, but if it is implemented via one of supported ORM frameworks, you can import it as usual project.

Answered: [answered] Ability to shrink entities

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:47:30 +0000

Hi,

we have a plan to rewrite our Model diagram component to offer more features like you're referring. But currently there is only a low interest in such feature in comparison to other requests (we're always working on the most demanded features).

If more users in the future will require this feature we will add a priority to this task.

Ludek

Answered: [Answered] Is it possible to export a project both for Doctrine as well as for Doctrine 2?

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:28:45 +0000

No, it is not. Each ORM uses completely different set of ORM properties, different behaviors etc.

Answered: [Solved] What is the optimal bandwidth per user for Skipper?

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 10:58:28 +0000

Skipper uses internet connection only to validate the license (max 10kb), so there is no special requirements for internet connection.

Answered: Does Skipper support physical ER diagrams / models?

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:09:30 +0000

What do you mean by physical models?

But as you wrote, skipper exports only what you see in the app, orm schema files (xml/yml/php) for several ORM frameworks.

Answered: Can't create Foreign Keys

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:24:38 +0000

Hi,

it's because this FK column is read-only flag to visualize fields used in foreign-keys/associations. It's not possible to modify this checkbox.

To define new association you need to create it through association wizard or association tool from ribbon bar:

Answered: How do we add the Description to the phpdocs blocks?

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:02:37 +0000

Hi, unfortunately this isn't currently possible. It's because there are a lot of ways how this can be done and none of these methods fits to everyone.

We already discussed this feature some time ago here: http://support.skipper18.com/58/feature-request-entity-field-descriptions-export-comments?show=84#a84 but also because of low interest we decided to work on more requested features.

Answered: Error with a generated XML, Invalid mapping file, when adding a namespace

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:31:10 +0000

Hi ludk.vodicka thanks for your quick response, look I generated a new xml "Pais.dcm.xml"

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doctrine-mapping xmlns="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping" xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" schemaLocation="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping.xsd">
  <entity name="entidades\Pais">
    <id name="id" type="integer">
      <generator strategy="AUTO"/>
    </id>
    <field name="nombre" type="string" length="65" nullable="true"/>
  </entity>
</doctrine-mapping>

I get the same error, this time with no inheritance, no relations,

If i just remove entidades/ from the xml, it generates the entity, but then i won't have the entity on a namespace.

I think i'm doing something wrong but I can't understand it, the message "invalid mapping" is just too vague. Greetings.

Answered: [Solved] How to create an association with a non-pk field?

Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:17:53 +0000

Roger that, thank you very much. I'm disapointed at Doctrine2 then! :/
I need to check that further, I though I used the same feature in Doctrine2, but that may come from one of my Doctrine1 project then.

Answered: Can entities be auto-arranged on import?

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:33:14 +0000

Entities are always auto-arranged on import. The layout is focused on even spacing between entities.

Answered: [Closed] Good job on ORMD2 default foreign key name

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:26:27 +0000

Thank you for your positive feedback.

In case you didn't know, beside this naming change we also implement full user customization for naming convention:

http://support.orm-designer.com/275/implemented-make-association-field-generation-configurable

Answered: [Answered] How can I set attributes of the generated php classes as protected.

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:28:07 +0000

Hi,

We have chosen the private visibility as default value with considerations of secure coding: methods should be private unless they are part of the API.

So the private setting is used automatically, in order to avoid compromising security by possible oversights.

However, once the annotations are generated for the first time, you can manually set up the visibility for any method/property necessary. On subsequent import and export, your new setting will not be removed or modified by ORM Designer.

Answered: [Answered]"Region" -- is there a link to documentation for what a region is and how / when I would use it?

Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:57:17 +0000

Hi Mike,

regions serve only for better visual organisation of your model. You can find more information on our documentation here: http://help.orm-designer.com/en/model-basics

Anyway, thank you for info that you weren't able to find this documentation. It's a good feedback for us that we need to make it more visible!

Answered: Is it possible to migrate license from one computer to an other one?

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:31:47 +0000

Changing the computer with activated ORM Designer is possible. Just let us know when you have activated the license on the new computer.

Then we will see both the new machine code and the no longer used machine code in the license server reports, and we will set the license accordingly.

Answered: [Answered] Why are all primary keys in derived entities missing after export?

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:04:12 +0000

Hi, it's not a bug but feature.
Because derived entity derives all fields from base, derived entity also has a primary key from it's parent. Because of this ORM Desigener doesn't export primary keys again.

Is there any real-case scenario why do you need that?

Answered: [Answered] Missing association option "show caption" in ORMD2

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:02:03 +0000

I also miss this feature. The reason I liked the hide/show option was because as I'm re-arranging the graph, sometimes I move an entity far away, and want to split and show the caption. But then if I move it back, I don't want to have to dream up a new caption, I'd rather just hide it again.

Another reason it's nice is because you provide a default caption, which is often adequate, but it's more steps to select and delete it, rather than just hide it.

The feature is most important when brainstorming a new model when things are changing frequently.

Answered: [Answered] Type of data (datetime)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:20:39 +0000

It depends on ORM Framework you're using. ORM Designer display for each ORM framework datatypes which are officially supported. You can also add new datatypes to configuration files manually, but it depends on ORM if they accept datatype defined like this.

For example if you would like to add new datatype to ORM Doctrine, edit file Doctrine.ormd2.cfg.xml. You can also override configuration by your own file. More here: http://www.orm-designer.com/article/ormd-developers-configuration-files-structure and add new type here:

<data-types>
  <data-type name="boolean" />
  <data-type name="float" />
 ....
</data-types>

But as I said before, it depends on ORM if new data type will be accepted.