ORDA – Say Goodbye to Empty Spaces in Your Entity Selections
We've all been there. You build a beautiful interface that displays an entity selection for users. They can drop entities to refine their choices, but...
July 18, 2024
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ORDA
Use Object Relational Data Access to model entities and relations with an object oriented approach. Centralize business logic inside dataclasses, apply lifecycle events and filters, and keep data rules consistent and scalable.
ORDA – Restrict Data to Relevant Criteria
In 4D 19 R8, we introduced a robust permission system, granting you granular control over user access to your data. This system protects your data dep...
May 3, 2024
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4D keeps your selections of records consistent regarding deletion of records
Deletion of data should be handled with care. To prevent issues, we can use transactions or rely on backups and logs. Some improvements have been mad...
February 27, 2024
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ORDA: Assigning a path to a blob or picture attribute
Non-ORDA database commands allowed you to put images and blobs outside your data file thanks to the SET EXTERNAL DATA PATH command. This command is no...
January 8, 2024
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Logging ORDA Calls on the Server
Since its release, ORDA has grown in popularity and is now widely used on your production servers. With 4D v20, we provide two improvements on how OR...
May 31, 2023
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Meet the Improved Distinct Function
Retrieving the list of unique data elements is always helpful when manipulating data. In some cases, retrieving the number of occurrences of each valu...
April 26, 2023
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ORDA – From Beginner to Expert
ORDA, which stands for Object Relational Data Access, is a method of accessing data that combines the advantages of object-oriented programming with t...
March 6, 2023
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Filter Access to your Data with a Complete System of Permissions
Filter access to data is a must-have feature to prevent malicious access to your application. So far, you could expose or not expose as a REST resour...
January 18, 2023
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ORDA – REST request optimization step by step (+ A demo)
ORDA/REST performance is a strategic matter; that's why we shipped many features related to this topic, such as the ORDA/REST request optimization in ...
May 11, 2022
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ORDA – Optimize performance with full control over REST requests
With a previous version, you discovered how ORDA REST requests had been automatically optimized to increase performance when working with a remote dat...
April 26, 2022
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