Re: Object Index

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On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 10:19 +1000, Jason Galea wrote:
> If you create an object (which has an auto_increment id), then retrieve 
> another copy of that object and change a field value, your original 
> object won't get the changes.
> 
> I think what is happening is that the object index won't index the newly 
> created item as it doesn't have it's id. When the copy is retrieved it 
> is indexed but the original object has no connection to the indexed object.

That's all correct.

> Modifying the _create method in Class/DBI.pm to call _init before 
> returning appears to fix the problem but I can't see it being the best 
> solution.

Call it a second time you mean?  A better solution would be to create an
"add_to_object_index()" method and call that after the primary key is
filled in.  I'll see if I can add this to Tim Bunce's patch that I'm
messing with right now.

- Perrin