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1. lib/Netdot/UI.pm add_to_fields() method question (v1.0.4)
(William Bulley)
2. Re: lib/Netdot/UI.pm add_to_fields() method question (v1.0.4)
(William Bulley)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:31:18 -0500
From: William Bulley <[email protected]>
Subject: [Netdot-devel] lib/Netdot/UI.pm add_to_fields() method
question (v1.0.4)
To: Carlos Vicente <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I have a situation where I want to combine more than one column of
a PostgreSQL table to be presented in the UI on the right-hand side
of a view. For example, in htdocs/management/device.html we have:
(@field_headers, @cell_data) = ();
$ui->add_to_fields(o=>$o, edit=>$editloc, fields=>['owner', 'used_by'],
field_headers=>\@field_headers, cell_data=>\@cell_data,
linkpages=>['view.html','view.html','view.html']);
On the "Device" "Basics" "Location/Contacts" view, this turns into:
Owner: <name of owner>
Used by: <name of user>
Contacts: _______________
etc.
I want to do something like this for another table (other than Device):
push( @field_headers, $ui->col_descr_link('Contact', 'person', "Person: ");
$ui->add_to_fields(o=>$person, edit=>$editcontacts,
fields=>['firstname', 'lastname'], field_headers=>\@field_headers,
cell_data=>\@cell_data, linkpages=>['view.html', '']);
However, rather than concatenate 'firstname' and 'lastname' into one
HTML anchor like so:
Person: Tom Jones
---------
(where the underscores indicate a "hotlink") instead this is what I see:
Person: Tom
---------
Jones
---------
I was able to confirm this behaviour by adding a second "Contact" to a
Device already present in the database with one "Contact":
Owner: <name of owner>
Used by: <name of user>
Contacts: <first contact>
<second contact>
I had hoped, naively, that the above Contact(s) would be comma separated.
If I want to "solve" this "problem" with (or enhance this behaviour of)
the add_to_fields() method of lib/Netdot/UI.pm what technique should I
use?
1) modify add_to_fields() to support this behaviour, provide diffs
2) create a different method in lib/Netdot/UI.pm, provide diffs
3) wait for Carlos or Anton to show me how to do this today (!)
4) come up with a workaround that does not involve code changes
What I have done to date for the "Person" case above is as follows:
my $fullname = $person->firstname . " " . $person->lastname;
my $email = $person->email;
push @field_headers, "Person:";
push (@cell_data, '<a href="view.html?table=Person&id=' . $person->id . '">'
. $fullname . "</a>". " " . "<a href=\"mailto:$email\";>$email</a>");
This presents an acceptable display like this:
Person: Tom Jones [email protected]
--- ----- -------------
where the underscores indicate "hotlinks", but when I "edit" the page
with $editcontacts as above (similar to "editgen", "editloc", or
"editmgmt" as found in htdocs/management/device.html), the entire line
above ("Person: Tom Jones [email protected]") is not made "active" for the
editing process. I'm not sure how to resolve this problem. Ideas?
Regards,
web...
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William Bulley Email: [email protected]
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:11:46 -0500
From: William Bulley <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Netdot-devel] lib/Netdot/UI.pm add_to_fields() method
question (v1.0.4)
To: Carlos Vicente <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Nevermind...
I found the html_field() method in the same lib/Netdot/UI.pm module
to be exactly what I needed. Sorry to bother you and the list...
Regards,
web...
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William Bulley Email: [email protected]
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