Yeah - I figured that's what it was doing, just wasn't sure if it was native
to Transfer or not.  Thanks for the info.

I guess this is one of those situations where using evaluate is necessary,
since you are calling methods dynamically.

-- Josh


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Brian FitzGerald
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:30 AM
To: transfer-dev
Subject: [transfer-dev] Re: back button update transfer object


sorry Josh, I should've provided more info.  It might look something
like this:

var properties = getTransferObjectProperties(transferBean);
var i = 1;
var thisProperty = "";

for(i = 1; i lte arrayLen(properties); i++) // call the setter for
each property in the object
{
    thisProperty = properties[i].name;
    if(structKeyExists(arguments.args, thisProperty))
    {
      evaluate( "transferBean.set" & thisProperty & "('" &
arguments.args[thisProperty] & "')"  );
    }
}

On Jan 7, 12:26 pm, Brian FitzGerald <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hey Josh, yeah that's something I wrote...
>
> On Jan 7, 12:21 pm, "Josh Nathanson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Is that "populate" method something you cooked up, or is that native to
> > Transfer?  I can't find it anywhere in the docs.
>
> > -- Josh
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
>
> > On Behalf Of Brian FitzGerald
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:03 AM
> > To: transfer-dev
> > Subject: [transfer-dev] Re: back button update transfer object
>
> > Thanks for the ideas fellas!
>
> > I ended up just "re-grabbing" the TO in the scenario that it already
> > existed in the db and then populating it w/ the form data:
>
> > if( exists(quizResult) )
> > {
> >    persistedQuizResult = transfer.get("quiz.QuizResult",
> > quizResultId);
> >    persistedQuizResult.populate(qrDataFromForm);
> >    transfer.update(persistedResult);
> > }
>
> > else
> > {
> >   transfer.create(quizResult);
> > }
>
> > This way the QuizResult knew it was persisted so when I went to run an
> > update it didn't have any problem.
>
> > Thanks again,
> > Brian
>
> > On Jan 6, 7:16 pm, "Mark Mandel" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > That is true.. you could preset the ID of the object... therefore if
> > > you go back, you know what it should be the 2nd time around... that
> > > would work.
>
> > > Mark
>
> > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Alan Livie <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > > > Not Transfer related but if you use a UUID as a hidden form field
and
> > save
> > > > this too if a form is re-submitted you can ignore the insert IF the
UUID
> > > > already exists in the database.
>
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Dan Wilson <[email protected]>
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 8:54:05 PM
> > > > Subject: [transfer-dev] Re: back button update transfer object
>
> > > > How I handle it in 95% of cases is do a redirect to a neutral page
once
> > the
> > > > form was successfully submitted.
>
> > > > <cflocation> for the win!
>
> > > > dw
>
> > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Mark Mandel <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > >> Brian,
>
> > > >> This is more of an application design / user training question.
>
> > > >> If a user hits the back button, then they go back to the 'create
new'
> > > >> screen... which has no idea what was previously entered.
>
> > > >> So if they hit submit again, your app has no way to know what their
> > > >> last insert was.
>
> > > >> How you handle this, I think is going to be really up to the needs
of
> > > >> your application.
>
> > > >> Mark
>
> > > >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Brian FitzGerald
> > > >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > >> > Hey guys, any thoughts are appreciated ...
>
> > > >> > When a user submits a quiz, my QuizResult transfer object is
saved -
> > > >> > transfer.save(QuizResult)
>
> > > >> > The problem occurs when the user hits "back" to fix their answers
and
> > > >> > resubmit ... at this point transfer runs save again, but instead
of
> > an
> > > >> > update, it tries to do another create.  This generates a SQL
error
> > > >> > since it tries to insert a duplicate record ... the TO doesn't
> > realize
> > > >> > it's already persisted
>
> > > >> > in order to force transfer to run create or update in the correct
> > > >> > scenario, I stuck in an "exists" method ...
>
> > > >> > if( exists(quizResult) )
> > > >> > {
> > > >> >   transfer.update(quizResult);
> > > >> > }
> > > >> > else
> > > >> > {
> > > >> >  transfer.create(quizResult);
> > > >> > }
>
> > > >> > but this is still giving me problems because, after hitting the
back
> > > >> > button, the transfer object still thinks it isn't persisted even
when
> > > >> > it is, so while it does run "update", it also blows up: "The
Transfer
> > > >> > Object of type 'quizResult.QuizResult' has not been created in
the
> > > >> > database"
>
> > > >> > Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?  Thanks in
> > advance
>
> > > >> --
> > > >> E: [email protected]
> > > >> W:www.compoundtheory.com
>
> > > > --
> > > > "Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the
edge,
> > he
> > > > said. They came. He pushed them and they flew."
>
> > > > Guillaume Apollinaire quotes
>
> > > --
> > > E: [email protected]
> > > W:www.compoundtheory.com


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