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| ====== How to properly save a record from within the application ====== | ====== How to properly save a record from within the application ====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP center round info 60%> | ||
| + | Please [[http://blog.corebos.org/blog/feedingdatatosave|read this very well explained article]] from Luke. | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
| ===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== | ||
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| * DataTransform is a class dedicated exclusively to transforming fields. It has high level methods that can transform all fields in a module and individual transformation methods for each field type. | * DataTransform is a class dedicated exclusively to transforming fields. It has high level methods that can transform all fields in a module and individual transformation methods for each field type. | ||
| - | ==== Example of DataTransform transformation ==== | + | ===== Example of DataTransform transformation ===== |
| The DataTransform was introduced with the Web Service interface where the problem of making sure the information being sent in was consistent and in the correct format. | The DataTransform was introduced with the Web Service interface where the problem of making sure the information being sent in was consistent and in the correct format. | ||
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| $ticket->column_fields['ticketstatus'] = $newStatus; | $ticket->column_fields['ticketstatus'] = $newStatus; | ||
| $ticket->mode = 'edit'; | $ticket->mode = 'edit'; | ||
| - | $handler = vtws_getModuleHandlerFromName('Events', $adminUser); | + | $handler = vtws_getModuleHandlerFromName('HelpDesk', $adminUser); |
| $meta = $handler->getMeta(); | $meta = $handler->getMeta(); | ||
| $ticket->column_fields = DataTransform::sanitizeForInsert($ticket->column_fields,$meta); | $ticket->column_fields = DataTransform::sanitizeForInsert($ticket->column_fields,$meta); | ||
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| $ticket->save('HelpDesk');</code> | $ticket->save('HelpDesk');</code> | ||
| - | ==== Example of manual transformation ==== | + | ===== Example of manual transformation ===== |
| In our [[https://github.com/tsolucio/Timecontrol|Timecontrol]] module we have this situation and we resolved it with a manual transformation basically because we didn't know of the existence of the DataTransform class then. | In our [[https://github.com/tsolucio/Timecontrol|Timecontrol]] module we have this situation and we resolved it with a manual transformation basically because we didn't know of the existence of the DataTransform class then. | ||
