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NAME

FS::contact - Object methods for contact records

SYNOPSIS

 use FS::contact;

 $record = new FS::contact \%hash;
 $record = new FS::contact { 'column' => 'value' };

 $error = $record->insert;

 $error = $new_record->replace($old_record);

 $error = $record->delete;

 $error = $record->check;

DESCRIPTION

An FS::contact object represents an specific contact person for a prospect or customer. FS::contact inherits from FS::Record. The following fields are currently supported:

contactnum

primary key

prospectnum

prospectnum

custnum

custnum

locationnum

locationnum

last

last

first

first

title

title

comment

comment

selfservice_access

empty or Y

_password; _password_encoding

empty or bcrypt

disabled

disabled

METHODS

new HASHREF

Creates a new contact. To add the contact to the database, see "insert".

Note that this stores the hash reference, not a distinct copy of the hash it points to. You can ask the object for a copy with the hash method.

insert

Adds this record to the database. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false.

delete

Delete this record from the database.

replace OLD_RECORD

Replaces the OLD_RECORD with this one in the database. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false.

_parse_phonestring PHONENUMBER_STRING

Subroutine, takes a string and returns a list (suitable for assigning to a hash) with keys 'countrycode', 'phonenum' and 'extension'

(Should probably be moved to contact_phone.pm, hence the initial underscore.)

queue_fuzzyfiles_update

Used by insert & replace to update the fuzzy search cache

check

Checks all fields to make sure this is a valid contact. If there is an error, returns the error, otherwise returns false. Called by the insert and replace methods.

line

Returns a formatted string representing this contact, including name, title and comment.

firstlast

Returns a formatted string representing this contact, with just the name.

by_selfservice_email EMAILADDRESS

Alternate search constructor (class method). Given an email address, returns the contact for that address, or the empty string if no contact has that email address.

cgi_contact_fields

Returns a list reference containing the set of contact fields used in the web interface for one-line editing (i.e. excluding contactnum, prospectnum, custnum and locationnum, as well as password fields, but including fields for contact_email and contact_phone records.)

SEE ALSO

FS::Record, schema.html from the base documentation.