[Maypole] Access to $r in CDBI before_create trigger ?

Simon Flack sf@flacks.net
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:13:08 +0000


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:57:39 -0800 (PST), Peter Speltz wrote
> Is it possible to get $r data in a before_create trigger?
> 
> Would you have to write your trigger at run time with data you want 
> from $r? Would that be efficient or too inefficient to be practical?

AIUI, you can't add a before_create trigger at runtime on an object. E.g.
you'll add a before_create trigger like this:

    __PACKAGE__->add_trigger(before_create => \&...);

not like this:

    $object->add_trigger(before_create => \&...); # It's already created!

In the first instance, if you call that multiple times (over multiple
requests), you'll add many triggers, all with different copies of $r.

--simonflk