diff --git a/transforms/adl2controllerclasses.xslt b/transforms/adl2controllerclasses.xslt
index 58dc1c1..97bcdb0 100755
--- a/transforms/adl2controllerclasses.xslt
+++ b/transforms/adl2controllerclasses.xslt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     Transform ADL into (partial) controller classes
     
     $Author: sb $
-    $Revision: 1.30 $
-    $Date: 2009-03-25 11:52:51 $
+    $Revision: 1.31 $
+    $Date: 2009-04-17 09:38:46 $
   -->
 
 <!-- WARNING WARNING WARNING: Do NOT reformat this file! 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	<xsl:param name="entityns" select="Unset"/>
 	<!-- Whether to authenticate at application or at database layer. 
     If not 'Application', then 'Database'. -->
-	<xsl:param name="authentication-layer" select="'Application'"/>
+	<xsl:param name="authentication-layer" select="Application"/>
 
 	<!-- the name and version of the product being built -->
 	<xsl:param name="product-version" select="'Application Description Language Framework'"/>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		//
 		//  Automatically generated abstract super class for controllers for the
 		//	<xsl:value-of select="/adl:application/@name"/> application; generated using
-		//  adl2controllerclasses.xslt version <xsl:value-of select="substring( '$Revision: 1.30 $', 10)"/>
+		//  adl2controllerclasses.xslt version <xsl:value-of select="substring( '$Revision: 1.31 $', 10)"/>
 		//
 		//  <xsl:value-of select="/adl:application/@revision"/>
 		//
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 		//
 		//  Controller for auto-generated forms for editing <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>s
 		//  Automatically generated from application description using
-		//  adl2controllerclasses.xslt version <xsl:value-of select="substring( '$Revision: 1.30 $', 10)"/>
+		//  adl2controllerclasses.xslt version <xsl:value-of select="substring( '$Revision: 1.31 $', 10)"/>
 		//
 		//  This file is automatically generated; DO NOT EDIT IT.
 		//
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@
 			<xsl:for-each select="adl:property[@type='message']">
 				if ( <xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/> == null || <xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name, '.MessageId')"/> == 0 ){
 				<xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/> = new Message();
-				hibernator.Save( <xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/>);
+				hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( <xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/>);
 				}
 			</xsl:for-each>
-			hibernator.Save( instance);
+			hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( instance);
 			}
 			hibernator.Flush();
 			<xsl:if test="adl:list[@name='list']">
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 					if ( mess == null) {
 					mess = new Message();
 					}
-					hibernator.Save( mess);
+					hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( mess);
 
 					Translation trans = mess.GetTranslationObject( locale, hibernator);
 					if ( trans == null) {
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 					}
 					trans.MessageText = Form["<xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/>"];
 					record.<xsl:value-of select="@name"/> = mess;
-					hibernator.Save( trans);
+					hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( trans);
 					}
 				</xsl:for-each>
 			</xsl:if>
@@ -586,13 +586,13 @@
 				<xsl:value-of select="concat( 'item.', $foreignkey)"/>;
 				if ( oldparent != null) {
 				oldparent.<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>.Remove( item);
-				hibernator.Save( oldparent);
+				hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( oldparent);
 				}
 
 				/* then add it to my <xsl:value-of select="@name"/> */
 				record.<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>.Add( item);
 				<xsl:value-of select="concat( 'item.', $foreignkey)"/> = record;
-				hibernator.Save( item);
+				hibernator.SaveOrUpdate( item);
 				}
 				} /* foreach ( string index... */
 				} /* if ( Form.GetValues( "<xsl:value-of select="concat( 'instance.', @name)"/>") != null) */
@@ -602,12 +602,17 @@
  
 			</xsl:for-each>
 
-			/* write the record to the database, in order to guarantee we have a valid key */
-			hibernator.Save(record);
-			hibernator.Flush();
-			tx.Commit();
+      /* write the record to the database, in order to guarantee we have a valid key */
+      /* 20090416 we have a significant problem in that the ILifecycle interface is not 
+      doing what we expect - or, at least, not consistently! 
+      Reinstating the before- and after- update hooks */
+      record.BeforeUpdateHook( hibernator);
+      hibernator.SaveOrUpdate(record);
+      record.AfterUpdateHook( hibernator);
+      
+      tx.Commit();
 
-			messages.Add( "<xsl:call-template name="i18n-record-saved"/>");
+      messages.Add( "<xsl:call-template name="i18n-record-saved"/>");
 			} /* try actually commit */
 			catch ( Exception any) {
 			messages.Add( "<xsl:call-template name="i18n-record-not-saved"/>");
@@ -662,17 +667,18 @@
 			{
 			<xsl:value-of select="concat($entityns, '.', @name)"/> record = FetchRecord( hibernator);
 
-			if ( record != null)
-			{
-			hibernator.Delete( record);
-			hibernator.Flush();
-			}
-			else
-			{
-			throw new ApplicationException( "No such record?");
-			}
-			}
-			<xsl:choose>
+      if ( record != null)
+      {
+      record.BeforeDeleteHook( hibernator);
+      hibernator.Delete( record);
+      hibernator.Flush();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+      throw new ApplicationException( "No such record?");
+      }
+      }
+      <xsl:choose>
 				<xsl:when test="adl:list">
 					Redirect( "<xsl:value-of select="concat(adl:list[position()=1]/@name, '.rails')"/>");
 				</xsl:when>
@@ -1297,4 +1303,4 @@
 		.UniqueResult&lt;<xsl:value-of select="concat( $entityns, '.', $property/@entity)"/>&gt;()
 	</xsl:template>
 
-</xsl:stylesheet>
+</xsl:stylesheet>
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