- Added Doctrine_Record::trySave()

- Modified the length validation to skip validation for integer fields. The length of integer fields represents the number of bytes and is used for table creation (4 = INT, ect.)

lib/Doctrine/Record.php

@@ -942,6 +942,23 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Record extends Doctrine_Access implements Countable, Ite
 
         $conn->commit();
     }
+    /**
+     * Tries to save the object and all its related components.
+     * In contrast to Doctrine_Record::save(), this method does not
+     * throw an exception when validation fails but returns TRUE on
+     * success or FALSE on failure.
+     * 
+     * @param Doctrine_Connection $conn                 optional connection parameter
+     * @return TRUE if the record was saved sucessfully without errors, FALSE otherwise.
+     */
+    public function trySave(Doctrine_Connection $conn = null) {
+        try {
+            $this->save($conn);
+            return true;
+        } catch (Doctrine_Validator_Exception $ignored) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * replace
      * Execute a SQL REPLACE query. A REPLACE query is identical to a INSERT

lib/Doctrine/Validator.php

@@ -177,12 +177,11 @@ class Doctrine_Validator
         }
     }
     /**
-     * Enter description here...
-     *
+     * Validates the length of a field.
      */
     private function validateLength($column, $key, $value)
     {
-        if ($column[0] == "timestamp") {
+        if ($column[0] == "timestamp" || $column[0] == "integer") {
             return true;
         } else if ($column[0] == "array" || $column[0] == "object") {
             $length = strlen(serialize($value));