In SugarCRM, transferring account ownership to another user doesn't update contact ownership

I am using SugarCRM v6.x and have discovered that when transferring account ownership to a new sales rep (the assigned_user_id field) the contacts and other related child records do not get transferred as well.

1. Is thi开发者_JAVA百科s an actual design choice by the SugarCRM authors, and if so, what is the reason behind it?

2. Is there a recommended method of transferring accounts that will transfer ownership of related child records as well?

I would make it using logic hooks.

• Create a logic_hooks.php in custom/modules/myModule/

  <?
  $hook_array = Array(); 
  $hook_array['after_save'] = Array(); 
  $hook_array['after_save'][] = Array(0, 'myName', 'custom/modules/myModule/logic_hooks/file.php','myClass', 'myMethod');   
  ?>
  

• Create file.php in /custom/modules/myModule/logic_hooks/

  <?php
  class myClass{
      function myMethod(&$bean, $event, $arguments){
          // Do something with $bean (like load related contacts and update their assigned user
      }
  }
  ?>
  

For more info see Business Logic Hooks (SugarCRM 6.1 Developer Guide).