[Solar-talk] updated col solar svn

[Paul M Jones]

On Apr 27, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Jeff Surgeson wrote:

> Do I have this arse about face?
>
> the created column (if exists) is initialized with timestamp when  
> record is
> initially created and never changes, so that you always have a  
> reference to
> when it was first created, correct?
>
> the updated column (if exists) is initialized with timestamp when  
> record is
> initially created however thereafter each time the record is  
> updated this
> should be updated with current timestamp,  so that you have a  
> record of last
> change, correct?
>
> At least this is the way I see it should work, if I am correct in my
> assumption then why in Solar_Sql_Model::_update() line 1692 does  
> update()
> only update the updated column if it is empty?
>
> That way after creation created and updated both reflect creation  
> timestamps
> irrespective of number of times updated.
>
> This does not make sense to me, am I missing something?

I don't think you're missing anything.  The way you describe does  
make sense.  I will modify SVN to always set the 'updated' value.   
Thanks for picking this out.  :-)



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