I keep learning every day - and I'm glad to know about hook_enable(), which I didn't know about.

I don't think it answers my question, though, since I'm concerned about taking actions at install time, which would be hook_install(). And in my particular case, the install actions are the same as the set of hook_update_N(). The only way I know to include all those in hook_install() is either to duplicate code or to make a runner function. Both ugly.

-Randy

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Ken Rickard <agentrickard@gmail.com> wrote:
To run an action the first time a module is installed, use
hook_enable() in D5 or D6.

- Ken

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Randy Fay <randy@randyfay.com> wrote:
> I'm doing a module for infrastructure which is all about applying
> configuration updates, and it does only configuration, nothing else.
> I'd like to create hook_update_N() functions, but I'd also like all of them
> to be run when the module is installed.
> Is there any "correct" way to do this?  Many modules implement the
> functionality in both hook_install and hook_update_N, and that's fine for
> database-only issues, which is what these were built around (like schema
> changes). But it doesnt' really make sense for site config changes.
> Obviously, I can run the hook functions from hook_install(), in direct or
> indirect ways.
> Suggestions?
> Thanks,
> -Randy
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> Drupal Development, troubleshooting, and debugging
> randy@randyfay.com
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>
>



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