[Solar-talk] model branch: insert(), _applyFilters() & autoincrement

[Paul M Jones]

On Feb 17, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> In the model branch, it seems that there is a problem when you try to
> insert a record with an autoincremented primary key because it will
> not validate in _applyFilters() - there is no 'validateInt' yet for
> the autoincremented value.
>
> A dirty workaround to let things going is to cheat the filter in
> insert(). We set a fake primary key and then unset it before saving:
>
>         $this->_data[$this->_col_primary] = 1;
>
>         // filter the data (sanitize and validate)
>         $this->_applyFilters();
>
>         unset($this->_data[$this->_col_primary]);
>
> This trick uses the pattern ' FORCEPS' from WOP - Workaround Oriented
> Programming, which consists in setting a hardcoded value to stop a
> bug. :P
>
> Please just ignore this message, Paul. It's part of the "model branch
> hacks to let things going" series. :)

Can't ignore it, it's a good report.  ;-)  I don't like forcing a  
hard-coded value as the permanent solution, but I can modify the  
validation routine (or the insert routine) to deal with it.  Thanks  
for pointing this out.




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