Makumba Import
This gem provides functionality to use a database described by Makumba MDDs within your Rails application.
More specifically it generates a database schema and models matching what's described with the MDDs.
It supports all sorts of pointers, links, etc.
Update: now supports saving and creating new models. Keeps track of primary keys via Redis.
Usage
Configure your database.yml file to use the same database.
Add this to your Gemfile:
gem "makumba_import"
- Add this to your Rakefile:
Dir["#{Gem::Specification.find_all_by_name('makumba_import').first.full_gem_path}/lib/tasks/*.rake"].each { |ext| load ext }
- Generate a initializer called makumba_import.rb with the following contents:
MakumbaImport::Importer.set_mdd_path "/Users/marius/Projects/Cherry/cherry/web/WEB-INF/classes/dataDefinitions"
MakumbaImport::Importer.set_output_path "./" # where to generate the .rb files. Leave blank to import straight into the app folders
MakumbaImport::KeyHandler.set_dbsv 0
MakumbaImport::KeyHandler.init_redis REDIS # set this to your Redis class
#MakumbaImport::KeyHandler.update_redis_keys # uncomment once per server to store the latest keys per dbsv in redis
- Run
rake makumba_import:schema
rake makumba_import:models
Extra:
Use
SomeModel.first.to_ptr
to get the makumba pointer