On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 12:35 AM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
# store() is equivalent to an UPDATE. If called on an object with
# undefined primary_key it is equivalent to calling create() - and
# then does NOT update.
$pobj->store();
Actually thinking about this, this could be changed such that calling
store() on an object with undefined primary key is equivalent to an
INSERT followed by an UPDATE. This would be an easy change. (Even
though it would have knock-on effects all over the place, because I
initially didn't bother calling create() and just called store(),
knowing it would create() in the absence of a primary key. These
instances could be weeded out though, and maybe should be weeded out at
some point anyway to keep it clear what's happening.)
If people want to be strict, we could also throw an exception if
store() is called without a primary key present.
(INSERT followed by UPDATE may sound inefficient, but in order to make
it one db operation you'd need to introduce something like
update_by_unique_key(). Doable, but needs to be written.)
-hilmar
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