On Martes, 2 de Noviembre de 2010 21:56:38 Dennis Bulgatz escribió:
> I would like to customize the field search, but AS ignores
> field_searches specified unless they are the name of a column in the
> database.
> 
> For example, the code below renders lots of search options for Users.
> 
> class UsersController < ApplicationController
>       skip_before_filter :owner_required
> 
>       active_scaffold do |config|
>               config.actions = [:field_search, :show, :create, :list, :nested]
>       end
> end
> 
> But I want to add a custom search where I can specify the sql (could
> be using the rails find api) with one or more input params.  First
> thing I tried was adding a "virtual" search attribute "my_column"
> 
>               config.columns.add :my_column
>               config.field_search.columns = :my_column
> 
> AS now renders nothing.  Okay.. maybe it does not know how to build
> the search, but a default text box would be okay for now.  Tried added
> a help method

Yes, that's the reason, you have to set search_sql for that column, or AS will 
skip that column.

> 
> 
>       def user_my_column_search_column(record, input_name)
>               select :record, :item_type, options_for_select(Item.item_types),
> {:include_blank => as_('- select -')}, input_name
>       end
> 
> Any suggestion on how to get AS to render a search form that includes
> "my column".
> 
> Then, in the controller, would like to define
> 
>       def self.condition_for_my_column_column(column, value, like_pattern)
>               value.length > 0 ? ["status IN (#{value.collect{|t|
> "'#{t}'"}.join(",")})"] : nil
>       end
> 
> Actually, would like to be able to have a much more complex search,
> with a join across several tables, but let's start with something
> simple.

As you won't use column.search_sql, setting a blank value for search_sql 
should work.

> 
> Thanks.

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