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diff --git a/app/controllers/request_controller.rb b/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
index 72042138c..bc03fd539 100644
--- a/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/request_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# Copyright (c) 2007 UK Citizens Online Democracy. All rights reserved.
# Email: francis@mysociety.org; WWW: http://www.mysociety.org/
#
-# $Id: request_controller.rb,v 1.26 2008-01-03 12:54:40 francis Exp $
+# $Id: request_controller.rb,v 1.27 2008-01-04 10:56:22 francis Exp $
class RequestController < ApplicationController
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ class RequestController < ApplicationController
# Page new form posts to
def create
+ # See if the exact same request has already been submitted
+ # XXX this *should* also check outgoing message joined to is an initial request (rather than follow up)
+ # XXX this check could go in the model, except we really want to pass @existing_request to the view so it can link to it.
+ # XXX could have a date range here, so say only check last month's worth of new requests. If somebody is making
+ # repeated requests, say once a quarter for time information, then might need to do that.
+ @existing_request = InfoRequest.find(:first, :conditions => [ 'title = ? and public_body_id = ? and outgoing_messages.body = ?', params[:info_request][:title], params[:info_request][:public_body_id], params[:outgoing_message][:body] ], :include => [ :outgoing_messages ] )
+
# Create both FOI request and the first request message
@info_request = InfoRequest.new(params[:info_request])
@outgoing_message = OutgoingMessage.new(params[:outgoing_message].merge({
@@ -41,8 +48,8 @@ class RequestController < ApplicationController
@info_request.outgoing_messages << @outgoing_message
@outgoing_message.info_request = @info_request
- # This automatically saves dependent objects, such as @info_request, in the same transaction
- if not @info_request.valid?
+ # See if values were valid or not
+ if !@existing_request.nil? || !@info_request.valid?
render :action => 'new'
elsif authenticated?(
:web => "To send your FOI request",
@@ -50,6 +57,7 @@ class RequestController < ApplicationController
:email_subject => "Confirm that you want to send an FOI request to " + @info_request.public_body.name
)
@info_request.user = authenticated_user
+ # This automatically saves dependent objects, such as @outgoing_message, in the same transaction
@info_request.save!
@outgoing_message.send_message
flash[:notice] = "Your Freedom of Information request has been created and sent on its way."