> Jon, thanks for the response.

> I explored listeners and hooks and here is what I came up with:

>    public function preInsert($event)
>    {
>        //if a record with this controller and action exists,
>        // don't create a new one
>        $table = Doctrine::getTable("Permission");
>        $permission = $table->findByDql("controller = ? and action = ?",

>  array($this->controller, $this->action));
>        if($permission[0]->exists()) {
>                //echo "Already exists.";
>                $this->id = $permission[0]->id;
>                $event->skipOperation();
>        }
>    }

> This code seems to do what I need and duplicate permissions are not
> created.  There is a problem though when I try to create permissions
> with relation to the user table.

>  $user = new User();
>  $user->Permissions[0]->controller = "account";
>  $user->Permissions[0]->action = "create";
>  $user->save();

> This code generates a new entry for my associative table between users
> and permissions as expected, but now permission_id is always null,
> even for the initial insert.  Do I need to change something in the
> user model?

> Any ideas?

> Thanks,

> Matt

> On May 15, 5:49 pm, "Jonathan Wage" <jonw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That would work or you could do it with a preSave() record listener
> > possibly. Read up on listeners and you will probably find what you want.

> > - Jon

> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Matt Hulse <matt.hu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > > I have a permissions table which has two fields, page and action.  I
> > > don't want duplicate permission entries but that's what I'm getting
> > > since Doctrine wants an auto increment id field.  How do you handle
> > > this kind of thing?

> > > I would really like to setup something like a singleton where I create
> > > a new permission object and when I save, if an entry with the same
> > > page and action already exists, it returns that entry, otherwise it
> > > creates a new entry and returns it.

> > > $permission = new Permission();
> > > $permission->page = 'accounts';
> > > $permission->action='create';
> > > $permission->save(); //permission id = 3

> > > $permission = new Permission();
> > > $permission->page = 'accounts';
> > > $permission->action='delete';
> > > $permission->save();//permission id = 4

> > > $permission = new Permission();
> > > $permission->page = 'accounts';
> > > $permission->action='create';
> > > $permission->save();//permission id = 3

> > > I would like to implement this in a way that will allow me to use
> > > something like $permission->merge($_POST).  Does this imply overriding
> > > save?

> > > I appreciate any suggestions.  Thanks in advance.

> > > Matt

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