/** Function to save the user preferences to db
*
*/
function savePreferecesToDB() {
$data = base64_encode(serialize($this->user_preferences));
$query = "UPDATE $this->table_name SET user_preferences=? where id=?";
$result =& $this->db->pquery($query, array($data, $this->id));
$this->log->debug("SAVING: PREFERENCES SIZE ". strlen($data)."ROWS AFFECTED WHILE UPDATING USER PREFERENCES:".$this->db->getAffectedRowCount($result));
$_SESSION["USER_PREFERENCES"] = $this->user_preferences;
}
