I have a content type with a number of fields including a checkbox which allows you to select one or more taxonomy terms. If I create a new version of a node, all the previous taxonomy terms are automatically included in the new node version. I can see this in the database table "field_revision_field_catagories" (catagories is my checkbox field).
If I update the checkbox field with fewer terms checked, Drupal will not remove the existing ones. For example:
Node Version 1 has taxonomy terms 1,3,5 7 checked and 4 corresponding records in the database table.
- I use node_load() to get Version one from the database.
- I update the node using a Form API form and change the checkbox to select 2 (uncheck 1,3,5,7)
- save the node with node_save().
The database now has Version 2 with taxonomy records 2,3,5,7. It updated the first record, changing it from 1 to 2. The other 3 records are still there, however and need to be removed for my logic to work.
I guess I can use SQL to delete the records (or just delete them all after node_load()), but will that create other problems? Is there a Drupal function I can use instead of SQL?
Thanks.