Isnewrecord Returning True On Model Instantiated By Findbypk()

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

I seem to be getting all the weird errors recently.

I finally got my save() issue to work – briefly. (And I’m not sure what finally did it.) But now I have another problem: when I run save() on a model which I’ve loaded via findByPk, it gives me a duplicate primary key error on an INSERT statement. When I switch it over to use update(), I get:


The active record cannot be updated because it is new.

I put this into my code, just to test things out:


        // Find the existing record.

        $story_id = (int)$_POST['Story']['story_id'];

        echo "<p>Finding story by primary key.</p>";

        $story = Story::model()->findByPk( $story_id );

        echo "<p>isNewRecord: "; new dBug($story->isNewRecord); echo "<p>";

And that outputs this:


Finding story by primary key.


isNewRecord: TRUE

This seems completely nonsensical to me. The model is there, with all its data correctly loaded; it just doesn’t seem to reflect the fact that, yes, it’s come from an existing record in the database. Do I need to add an afterFind() method just to get my model to realize that it’s not new?

2

This should not happen. I advise you to post your framework version and try to debug through the findByPk method call to see where it should set the isNewRecord flag and why it doesn’t.

3

Are you using a __construct method in the model that is receiving the data? If so make sure it is receiving the default scenario param as that is what determines whether or not its a new record.

I would include a code snippet but apparently I’m subject to a spam filter :S

4

You saved me so much time with this tip. Thank you.

5

Saved me too ! 6 years after…