EntityNew

Description

Creates a new instance of the persistent CFC with the entity name that you provide.

Returns

Object

Category

ORM functions

Function Syntax

entityNew(entityName)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

entityName

Entity name of the persistent CFC.

See Also

EntityLoad, EntityLoadByExample, EntityDelete, ColdFusion ORM chapter in Developing ColdFusion Applications

History

ColdFusion 9: Added this function.

Example

newArtistObj = EntityNew("Artists"); 
newArtistObj.setfirstname("John"); 
newArtistObj.setlastname("Smith"); 
newArtistObj.setaddress("5 Newport lane"); 
newArtistObj.setcity("San Francisco"); 
newArtistObj.setstate("CA"); 
newArtistObj.setPostalCode("90012"); 
newArtistObj.setphone("612-832-2343"); 
newArtistObj.setfax("612-832-2344"); 
newArtistObj.setemail("jsmith@company.com"); 
newArtistObj.setThePassword("jsmith"); 
EntitySave(newartistobj); 
ormflush();