How to fetch drafts ?

Monday 11 October 2010 8:56:08 am

Hello,

I would like to fetch all contents with "draft" status, and especially all drafts in a specific parent node.

I feel a bit embarrassed, because I've read the following note, regarding the "fetch (section, object_list ...":

"Note that fetching all draft objects that belong to a certain section is not supported"

Thus, what would be a nice workaround ?

Thanks a lot for your answers.

Samuel Torton

Monday 11 October 2010 3:44:09 pm

Hello,

I think in a case like this I would learn from the content/draft module view and template code.

I would create your own custom fetch function to be similar in design to the draft_version_list.

http://doc.ez.no/eZ-Publish/Technical-manual/4.x/Reference/Modules/content/Fetch-functions/draft_version_list

The following snippet is from, kernel/content/ezcontentfunctioncollection.php

static public function fetchDraftVersionList( $offset, $limit )    {        $userID = eZUser::currentUserID();        $draftVersionList =  eZPersistentObject::fetchObjectList( eZContentObjectVersion::definition(),                                                                   null, array(  'creator_id' => $userID,                                                                                 'status' => eZContentObjectVersion::STATUS_DRAFT ),                                                                   array( 'modified' => true,                                                                          'initial_language_id' => true ),                                                                   array( 'length' => $limit, 'offset' => $offset ),                                                                   true );        return array( 'result' => $draftVersionList );    }
static public function fetchDraftVersionList( $offset, $limit )    {        $userID = eZUser::currentUserID();        $draftVersionList =  eZPersistentObject::fetchObjectList( eZContentObjectVersion::definition(),                                                                   null, array(  'creator_id' => $userID,                                                                                 'status' => eZContentObjectVersion::STATUS_DRAFT ),                                                                   array( 'modified' => true,                                                                          'initial_language_id' => true ),                                                                   array( 'length' => $limit, 'offset' => $offset ),                                                                   true );        return array( 'result' => $draftVersionList );    }

I would first fetch all users and then per user iterate over their draft list as desired. Bingo problem solved.

This is also a good article about how to create custom fetch functions.

http://share.ez.no/learn/ez-publish/understanding-and-developing-fetch-functions

Cheers,

//kracker

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Monday 11 October 2010 5:06:30 pm

Samuel,

The default content module is limited in this regard.

I strongly suggest you look further into ezapprove2 which provides for editing of other peoples drafts before actual publish.

Otherwise you may find yourself having to build your own custom module view to provide the features you need.

There is no simple solution if you can't change your requirements to fit ezapprove2.

Cheers,

Heath

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Tuesday 12 October 2010 2:04:59 am

Samuel,

I am using the very same eZApprove2 to power another eZ Publish 4.x site.

So your installation may need help but the extension software is fairly solid.

Best to post to the project forum though.

Cheers,

Heath

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