Yes, the ownerContentId is strictly for security. Andrew did some clean up and addition of service-based permission granting code, so make sure you see those.
-Al On 8/23/07, David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I remember right ownerContentId was used for security purposes, > permissions and such. In fact, it should ONLY be used for this purpose. > > I'm not sure how the permission checking code is working right now, but if > it does a tree walk base on the ownerContentId then it doesn't matter which > way is used. They would just be different ways of structuring content for > security purposes, probably depending on the application. > > -David > > > Adrian Crum wrote: > > I'm trying to debug the forum section of the Content Manager component > > and I need help. > > > > In the eCommerce forum, Content.ownerContentId contains the contentId of > > the "parent" message - which created a nice tree structure. > > > > In the Content Manager forum, Content.ownerContentId always contains the > > contentId of the forum. The tree structure is persisted in the > > ContentAssoc entity. > > > > Which method of building the message tree is the preferred method? > > > > -Adrian >
