Question

I am currently refactoring some stuff to use Propel.

We currently have a function that adds text to a “history” field like this:

UPDATE tablename 
  SET history = CONCAT(history, NOW(), "add this text to history") 
  WHERE ...;

We do this using the CONCAT() function to make the change atomic. Otherwise (if we would read the field-value somewhere before and then concatenate within PHP and update the row), it’s possible that another script comes in between and modifies the field, and those changes would then be lost.

How can I accomplish this CONCAT(..) in Propel? We’re using MySQL and MyISAM, so simply wrapping it all in a transaction won’t work.

Answer 1

You could execute the raw SQL using Propel. I don’t think this is possible in any other way.