Hi all,
I have to build a web application on top of an existing and large (mysql) database. Preferably using SilverStripe 3.0.3 or later.
The design of the database is pretty much ok, but the fieldnames differ slightly from what SilverStripe thinks is best (I agree wit SS though :)
- All table names are lowercase ('customer' vs 'Customer')
- 'ID' fields are lowercase 'id' ('customer.id' vs 'Customer.ID')
- Foreign key fields use '_id' as postfix, whereas SilverStripe uses 'ID' ('customer_id' vs 'CustomerID').
- All tables have a kind of prefix ('dbt_asju_'), which I'd rather not use in all my datamodel objects ('dbt_asju_cities' should be the 'City' model).
Is it possible to set these preferences somewhere? I noted that the datamodel explicitly references the 'ID' field, so my best guess is that it's not possible. Could we change this to a setting that uses the current SilverStripe names as default?
There is another application that uses the same database, so I cannot afford to rename tables and fields in the database completely. That would also require a rewrite of that other application.
TIA
Ronald