object->save() used to return the object saved if the save was good, and false if the save failed.

Now it returns 'true' instead of the object. How can I get the id of the recently saved (created) object?

(I'm creating an 'order' and 'order_items' all in one function.)
Thanks!

Here's my use. I have a sales order creation page. On this page are 'orders' fields of Vendor ship to address, memo, expected delivery date, and other stuff that applies to one 'orders' record.

ALSO on the same page I have multiple lines of 'orders_parts' which are line-items. Each of the orders_parts has things like part_id , description, qty, rate..etc.

In my order_controller I have an 'create' function which shows the form in the first paragraph, and when the form is submitted it first saves the 'order', then it does a loop and saves all the 'orders_parts' with an order_id set to the id from the object from order->save().

Does that make sense?

but when you

$order->save()

you already have the $order-instance.

at the end of save() we could return $this. so you could chain some method calls. but since a save can always fail (and the return false), this would be unpredictable unless we throw exceptions.

in short

$order === $order->save()

Suthern, at least in MySQL I think its not possible to have multiple autoincrement fields.

If a field is set automatically by the database (ie. using functions as defaults), you'll need to call $order->reload(), to get the changes the Active Record was not aware of.