since an update is not allowed, yes, then for interity, I would do the DEL then INSERT
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Cameron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > I'm looking for some best practice advice with this one. > > In our membership database, we have a table where we assign membership to a > community/group. A user can join or leave these groups on the web (simple > checkbox form), or staff can add or remove group membership through the > desktop client. By nature of the desktop client, there is the possibility of > a data error, ex: populated fieldA and fieldB, but not fieldC. > > For the web application, upon submitting the form, I'm looping through a > list of "itemsToAdd" and inserting those. In the event that there are bad > records because of bad data entry from the desktop client, should I be > deleting the to-be-inserted record before inserting? > > (Please forgive the ham-fisted, partial object orientation of invoking the > component for each item.) > > So, if I call the insert method: > > <cfloop list="#itemsToAdd#" index="itemsToAddIndex"> > <cfinvoke component="components.myComponent" method="insertMethod"> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldA" value="#itemsToAddIndex#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldB" value="#form.fieldB#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldC" value="#form.fieldC#" /> > </cfinvoke> > </cfloop> > > Should I be calling the delete method first? > > <cfloop list="#itemsToAdd#" index="itemsToAddIndex"> > <cfinvoke component="components.myComponent" method="deleteMethod"> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldA" value="#itemsToAddIndex#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldB" value="#form.fieldB#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldC" value="#form.fieldC#" /> > </cfinvoke> > <cfinvoke component="components.communities" method="insertCommunities"> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldA" value="#itemsToAddIndex#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldB" value="#form.fieldB#" /> > <cfinvokeargument name="fieldC" value="#form.fieldC#" /> > </cfinvoke> > </cfloop> > > I've never seen something like this, but it seems like an OK idea. Anyone > have a better solution or suggestion? Please note that I have to keep to > inserts and deletes; no updates. > > Thanks for the help. > > Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
