function queryForContestDescription($contest_description, $contest_id)
{
//get current contest settings
$prfx = DB_PREFIX;
$row = Data::getRow("SELECT settings FROM {$prfx}contest WHERE id={$contest_id}");
$settings = Data::_unserialize($row['settings']);
copyValues($contest_description, $settings);
RequestUtils::assertContestSettingsIntegrity($settings);
$col_value = array('settings' => @serialize($settings));
Data::submitModificationQuery(Data::composeUpdateQuery("contest", $col_value, "id={$contest_id}"));
}
function processCreateContestRequest($request)
{
//get user_id or die, if session is invalid
$user_row = RequestUtils::testSession($request->sessionID);
//authorize user for this operation
$user_type = $user_row['user_type'];
if ($user_type !== 'SuperAdmin') {
throwBusinessLogicError(0);
}
unset($request->contest->contestID);
RequestUtils::assertContestSettingsIntegrity($request->contest);
$col_value = array('settings' => serialize($request->contest));
Data::submitModificationQuery(Data::composeInsertQuery('contest', $col_value));
Data::execPendingQueries();
$id = Data::getInsertedID();
$ccr = new CreateContestResponse();
$ccr->createdContestID = $id;
return $ccr;
}
