Well, now we are at an interesting point: I simply don't know - it's long ago ;-) I would suppose, that you won't loose values when using "preserveDataModel" but I'm not really sure.
-Manfred 2005/7/7, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well I'm not an expert on the sort header (or JSF lifecylce) but won't > the submitted value be lost when you change the values of the inputs > after the sort? > > sean > > On 7/7/05, Manfred Geiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There is a tradeoff here but in the end its an easy one. One the one > > > hand, as Manfred points out, you will get potential validation errors > > > when sorting, on the other hand your data is lost! So in the end its > > > not much of a tradeoff. The model needs to be updated before you > > > change the view or the data is lost (and that's definitely not what > > > the user wants or expects.) > > > > No, the data is not lost at all: Each component has a submittedValue > > that is part of the state saving. The submittedValue is only cleared > > on a successful model update. So if no model update phase is executed, > > you won't loose inputs. > > > > -Manfred > > >
