local application = {} application.setdb = function(db) application.db = db end application.new = function(t) local application_record = {} application_record.type = 'application' application_record.username = t.username application_record.salutation = t.salutation application_record.firstname = t.firstname application_record.lastname = t.lastname application_record.position = t.position application_record.store = t.store application_record.address = t.address application_record.practice_type = t.practice_type application_record.phone_office = t.phone_office application_record.phone_cell = t.phone_cell application_record.email = t.email application_record.submitted_at = os.time() application_record.status = 'open' application.db:insertrecord(application_record) return application_record end return application