Re: How to fetch an object/fault from the db without creating it

Is your goal to avoid hitting the database?

If so, you can use 
EODatabaseContext.localSnapshotForGlobalID(EOGlobalID gid). It'll 
return an NSDictionary if the row has already been fetched or null 
otherwise.

Drew



On Sep 17, 2003, at 6:44 AM, Alex van den Bergh wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have an EOGlobalID and I want to get the object/fault associated 
> with this EOGlobalID.
> It's no problem if I use
>
> EOEditingContext.faultForGlobalID(myGlobalId, myEditingContext)
>
> for existing objects.
>
> However, when I am requesting an object that does not exist in the 
> database or ec I want my method to return 'null'. faultForGlobalID 
> will simply create a fault.
>
> Is there anyway to just check for the existence of data in the 
> database corresponding with a certain globalId without creating a new 
> fault?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
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