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The Oracle writes:

>What you'd really like to do here is use the custom object interface in DBKit.
>You can't, however, because of a SybaseAdaptor bug.

Does this mean I cannot current save and retrieve objects (say a List) 
to/from Sybase?

>Another way to do this would be to create a custom Association subclass, which 
 
>converts your int to a date or time string on the fly.  You'd then hook two of 
 
>these custom Associations to the integer date property, and you'd be rocking.
 
>The trick is to hook up all of your associations in IB, and then replace the  
>date ones with your custom versions at run time.

I just spent two hours going over all three pages of DBAssocation documentation
and I just ain't getting it.  I think I understand the concept of a
DBAssociation, but this is my third day of DBKit and I'm still not quite clear
on how all of this stuff works together.  What I tried was...

Using the standard Sybase pubs demo, I created a subclass of DBAssociation and
overode methods for:

- initFetchGroup:aFetchGroup expression:anExpr destination:aDest;
- contentsDidChange;
- currentRecordDidDelete;
- endEditing;
- getValue:aValue;
- (unsigned)selectedRowAfter:(unsigned)previousRow;
- selectionDidChange;
- setDestination:newDestination;
- setValue:aValue;
- validateEditing;

In initFetchGroup:::, I said:
[super initFetchGroup:aFetchGroup expression:anExpr destination:myUIObject];

In IB, I dropped a last name field into my instantiated subclassed DBAssociation
, then I dragged
a connection from my instantiated subclassed DBAssociation to a column in 
a DBTable.  None of this really matters, because initFetchGroup never gets calle
d, nor do
any of the other methods.  BTW, what's the difference between getValue: and setV
alue:?

Do you know of any code examples that highlight the use of DBAssociations?

Thanks, ...Michael (hmmm, flat files aren't all that bad afterall) Brill :/