}
sub mtime_ischanged {
- my ($self, $relation, $option) = @_;
+ my ($self, $table, $option) = @_;
- return unless $self->{id}; # maybe better croak, but i have no api doc to refer to ...
+ return unless $self->{id};
+ croak ("wrong call, no valid table defined") unless $table =~ /(oe|ar|ap|delivery_orders|parts)/;
- my $query = "SELECT mtime, itime FROM " . $relation . " WHERE id = ?";
- my $ref = selectfirst_hashref_query($self, $self->get_standard_dbh, $query, $self->{id});
- $ref->{mtime} = $ref->{itime} if !$ref->{mtime};
+ my $query = "SELECT mtime, itime FROM " . $table . " WHERE id = ?";
+ my $ref = selectfirst_hashref_query($self, $self->get_standard_dbh, $query, $self->{id});
+ $ref->{mtime} ||= $ref->{itime};
if ($self->{lastmtime} && $self->{lastmtime} ne $ref->{mtime} ) {
- my $etxt = $main::locale->text("The document has been changed from other user. Please reopen it in another window and copy the changes to the new window");
-
- $etxt = $main::locale->text("The document has been changed from other user. No mail was sent. Please reopen it in another window and copy the changes to the new window")
- if ($option eq 'mail');
- # ^^ I prefer:
- # my $etxt = ($option eq 'mail') ? locale1 : locale2;
+ my $etxt = ($option eq 'mail') ? "The document has been changed from other user. Please reopen it in another window and copy the changes to the new window" :
+ "The document has been changed from other user. No mail was sent. Please reopen it in another window and copy the changes to the new window";
$self->error($main::locale->text($etxt));
::end_of_request();
}
foreach my $key (keys %$ref) {
$self->{$key} = $ref->{$key};
}
- $self->{mtime} ||= $self->{itime};
+ $self->{mtime} ||= $self->{itime};
$self->{lastmtime} = $self->{mtime};
my $transdate = "current_date";
if ($self->{transdate}) {
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+=item mtime_ischanged
+
+Tries to avoid concurrent write operations to records by checking the database mtime with a fetched one.
+
+Can be used / called with any table, that has itime and mtime attributes.
+Valid C<table> names are: oe, ar, ap, delivery_orders, parts.
+Can be called wit C<option> mail to generate a different error message.
+
+Returns undef if no save operation has been done yet ($self->{id} not present).
+Returns undef if no concurrent write process is detected otherwise a error message.
+
=back
=cut