I would *love* to PDI field level change checking (I've done it before on another framework) and also updating Base to only UPDATE fields that have changed. While it may sound funny, I'm a gung-ho person and would just need to be pointed in the direction of how to make a plugin. I wander through the ActiveRecord code all the time but not all of Rails. I was pondering adding support with a patch and have some really great ideas but if it didn't get accepted, I didn't want to waste the time. Also, how do I check to see if someone else hasn't already started a plugin/gem/patch for the same issue?
It's more or less impossible to use old value /new value optimistic locking with active record and retain idiomatic usage. def update @whatever = Whatever.find(1) # selects the new values, undoing your lock @whatever.update_attributes params[:something] end Rails 1.2 will support pessimistic locking, which will add another option to your toolbelt. If you want to try it out, have a look at optimistic_locking.rb in activerecord, it's basically completely stand alone and your plugin could do almost exactly the same thing. -- Cheers Koz _______________________________________________ Rails-core mailing list Rails-core@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-core
