Re: type beforeSave() afterSave()

AJ,

Actually Blair and I had this discussion a couple weeks ago.  I
informally requested to have an additional structure variable with all
of the object information that existed before the add/edit so that the
developer can conditionally make decisions in beforeSave() and
afterSave() (ie. Maybe the variable could be called stPropertiesBefore
or something more witty :) ).  Blair agreed it would be useful and had
run into the problem himself, however he said he wanted to run it by
Matt first (who was away on holiday), but I haven't followed up on it
yet.

Currently your only option is to use beforeSave() and at the top do a
getData to compare the data against.

Example (somewhere at the top of beforeSave() ):
<!--- Check to see if data has changed --->
<cfset stObject = getData(objectid=arguments.stProperties.objectid) />

<!--- Now you can conditionally check if data has changed --->
<cfif stProperties.title neq stObject.title>
  <cfset stProperties.title = "Why did you change me?!?! :)" />
</cfif>

Regards,

--
Jeff Coughlin
Web Application Developer
http://jeffcoughlin.com

On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:46 PM, AJ Mercer wrote:

> is there a way with beforeSave() or afterSave() of a type
> to tell if it is a new entry (distinct from update )?
>
> Farcry 5.1.6
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> AJ Mercer
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