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relationship_replace
December 03, 2012, 09:14:09 pm
I have a need for a sort of relationship replace function. I'm wondering if there is a generic use-case (I have seen it more than once). The call would look like the generic 'replace' except that instead of deleting the replaced relationships it would end them / set them to be inactive. This is applicable, for example, when I change branch president or chair person.

so the requirement would be to end all existing active relationships of type x with contact_b = y and then create a new one with contact_a = z
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Re: relationship_replace
December 03, 2012, 10:39:32 pm
So replace for group would set the old one(s) as inactive to take another example?

How would look the call? How do you define what needs to be replaced? Resumably not all the exisisting groups/relationship?
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Re: relationship_replace
December 04, 2012, 12:25:47 am
The existing replace function looks like this -it basically deletes all the emails for contact_id => 1 & then creates new ones for that contact

http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/trunk/api/v3/examples/EmailReplace.php
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Re: relationship_replace
December 04, 2012, 05:21:54 am
I don't have strong feelings either way, think it makes sense to disable for groupcontact or relationship.

However, I'm wondering that if you have api.relationship.replace that disable only from one type (still not super sure on how could look the param) then users might expect to have
api.email.replace behaving the same, and be able to replace only the fax, or only the home phones?

In other words, deleting more than thought?

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Re: relationship_replace
December 04, 2012, 12:04:20 pm
Yes, I'm not sure - I can't think of an alternative useful verb though. The wiki does have red text around replace function :-)
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Re: relationship_replace
December 04, 2012, 01:56:59 pm
That's a very well known fact than every dev reads the fm before doing anything...
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Re: relationship_replace
December 04, 2012, 02:08:59 pm
True - I'd quite like to add something to the metadata that provides info about the function not just the fields
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