From 96ef4435b61570dbbf15d921a42543bfb13786c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:32:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Allow scripts/decache.php to blow out cache for objects that
 don't exist (anymore). May miss keys other than the given or primary key, but
 should work for a lot of common cases where a bad entry's been removed from
 DB but lingers in cache.

---
 scripts/decache.php | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/decache.php b/scripts/decache.php
index 7cabd78ada..094bdb5aa0 100644
--- a/scripts/decache.php
+++ b/scripts/decache.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ $helptext = <<<ENDOFHELP
 USAGE: decache.php <table> <id> [<column>]
 Clears the cache for the object in table <table> with id <id>
 If <column> is specified, use that instead of 'id'
+
+
 ENDOFHELP;
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
@@ -43,8 +45,10 @@ if (count($args) > 2) {
 $object = Memcached_DataObject::staticGet($table, $column, $id);
 
 if (!$object) {
-    print "No such '$table' with $column = '$id'.\n";
-    exit(1);
+    print "No such '$table' with $column = '$id'; it's possible some cache keys won't be cleared properly.\n";
+    $class = ucfirst($table);
+    $object = new $class();
+    $object->column = $id;
 }
 
 $result = $object->decache();