It just applies to primary keys
What are you trying to do anyway? Just curious.
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 17:17, J M Okomba wrote:
> Thanks Shawn,
>
> But the field I am changing (removing) is not a key field (i.e. set
> isKey="true" in config file). Or does the rule apply to any field?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shawn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 29 January 2003 08:10
> > To: J M Okomba
> > Cc: dbf
> > Subject: Re: [dbforms] Removing entry from fieldValues
> >
> > Dear JM,
> >
> > Please see the following from the new guide which is for the upcoming
> > 1.1.3pr2 release
> >
> > CH2 CHANGING KEY VALUES IN INTERCEPTORS
> >
> > Carlos Anjos points out that this can not be done.
> > Apparently if a field is marked with isKey="true" in the config file, the
> > preDelete and preUpdate methods disregard
> >
> > any changes to it.
> >
> > I had a situation where I did some processing in the preDelete method and
> > then I wanted to allow the operation, but
> >
> > on a different row. So I changed the values in the fieldValues hashtable,
> > but still the orginal row got deleted.
> >
> > After banging my head for where in my code the error was, I finally
> > understood that dbforms was ignoring the
> >
> > change to that attribute. A friend of mine went through dbforms
> > deleteEvent
> > code and confirmed that.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J M Okomba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:57 PM
> > Subject: [dbforms] Removing entry from fieldValues
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Using a preInsert (or preUpdate) I need to remove an entry from the
> > values
> > > to be inserted (updated). So I do:
> > >
> > > fieldValues.remove("key");
> > >
> > > And when I do:
> > >
> > > System.out.println(fieldValues + " - fieldValues");
> > >
> > > I can see that the entry was removed.
> > >
> > > But dbforms still attempts to insert the value, causing an error.
> > >
> > > I there something I am missing out? I will appreciate any help.
> > >
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