invokeWithTransaction()

Signature

invokeWithTransaction() — returns any

Available in: model Category: Miscellaneous Functions

Description

Runs the specified method within a single database transaction.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
method	string	yes	—	Model method to run.
transaction	string	no	commit	Set this to commit to update the database, rollback to run all the database queries but not commit them, or none to skip transaction handling altogether.
isolation	string	no	read_committed	Isolation level to be passed through to the cftransaction tag. See your CFML engine’s documentation for more details about cftransaction’s isolation attribute.

Examples

// This is the method to be run inside a transaction.
public boolean function transferFunds(required any personFrom, required any personTo, required numeric amount) {
	if (arguments.personFrom.withdraw(arguments.amount) && arguments.personTo.deposit(arguments.amount)) {
		return true;
	} else {
		return false;
	}
}

local.david = model("Person").findOneByName("David");
local.mary = model("Person").findOneByName("Mary");
invokeWithTransaction(method="transferFunds", personFrom=local.david, personTo=local.mary, amount=100);