On Aug 30, 2006, at 3:50 AM, womai..ac.com wrote:
> I'm working with Entity Modeler for the first time tonight. These
> might be stupid newbie questions, or they could be bugs. Please
> bear with me!
>
> - when I create a new attribute, whether by clicking the toolbar
> button or double-clicking in the Attribute pane, several
> attributes, including the new one, are left selected. This results
> in the Properties pane displaying "Properties are not available."
> I have to click on an empty attribute row, then on the new one, in
> order to get back into position for editing.
>
I have seen this as well. Annoying.
> - the External Type I enter always goes away after I select the
> Data Type, and I have to go back and re-enter it.
>
I always select the Data Type first now.
> - when I create an attribute with a Data Type of NSData, the
> External Width field stays active. In the case of a BLOB, which
> doesn't have a fixed length, is it ok to leave it blank?
>
> - when I create an attribute with a Data Type of Timestamp, there
> is a field for Server Timezone. What format is that expected in,
> and how does it handle daylight savings time?
>
> - when creating a to-one relationship, what is the Definition field
> for? And how do you enter the Source and Destination attributes?
> There doesn't seem to be any way to edit those fields in the
> Properties pane for the relationship.
>
The attributes are selected in a popup list in each column, after you
click on Add button on the bottom.
> I have Eclipse 3.2.0 and WOLips build 3073 on OS X.
>
> Thanks for any and all answers!
>
> janine
>
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