Save's $blnForceUpdate - what's it for?

[VexedPanda]

I've gotten in the habit of setting this to false when supplying a third parameter I added for my app.. But a colleague just asked what it was for, so I set out to find out... Apparently, it doesn't ever get checked.. So what _is_ it for??

[alex94040]

Hmmm. No idea. I don't think I've ever used this third param in my app... I've used forceInsert all the time, though.

[dugokontov]

$blnForceUpdate is used with Optimistic Locking. Code that uses $blnForceUpdate is generated in tables that has timestamp fileds

[alex94040]

So, is there anything actionable for this bug? Can we just close it?

[scottux]

dugokontov is right, you can use it to force a save even if there is another session locking the table. Not usually necessary, but no reason not to have it.