[Helma-user] SQL Exception when creating a new Object and checking if a collection is present

[Michael Platzer]

Franz Philipp Moser schrieb:
> I found out that when helma creates new Objects, it sets the _id to
> something like t + number (t1, t2, ...)
>
> Because of that the SQL goes wrong.
>
> Now I have to check if the Object was newly created:
> {{{
>    var newRecord = isNaN(parseInt(this._id, 10));
> }}}
>
> Is this standard behavior or a feature? Shouldn't this be changed?
>   
This is afaik standard behavior. We wrote a little global helper method, 
which might also be helpful for you.

function isObjectPersistent(obj) {
   if (!obj || obj._id.substring(0,1) == "t")
      return false;
   else
      return true;
}

greets,
  michi