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By benjymessner on
Hi,
I have defined a custom node type. It has extra fields, and the content from those is saved in my customtype_node table. My question is, if I programmatically create a node using node_save, will the fields be inserted into the right table automatically? Or do I need to call node_save and then drupal_write_record for the customtype_node table?
Thanks,
Benjy
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If you add the type to the
If you add the type to the node object before passing the object to node_save(), it will call hook_insert() for that content type. So as long as you properly attach the data to the node object before calling node_save(), it will correctly save all the data to the correct spots in the database.
One point though - you should always call node_submit() on the node object before you call node_save(). This allows other modules (such as access modules) to make necessary changes.
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Thanks very much for
Thanks very much for replying. Just to clarify - does this mean that my module must implement the hook_nodeapi() hook?
Thanks.
Yes and no. You don't need to
Yes and no. You don't need to use hook_nodeapi() for the process you have described, but if you have defined a custom node type, then you should be implementing hook_nodeapi() and using the $op of 'delete_revision' to delete the relevant rows from your tables when a revision is deleted (i.e. - all the rows with the vid of the node being deleted, not the nid). But again, for the situation you were initially asking about you don't need to implement hook_nodeapi().
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