Re: Modular Database Actions: Urgently seeking documentation
On 18.Mar.2003 -- 03:15 PM, Richard In Public wrote: > Hi Chris > > Firstly, thanks for your response. I have been mulling over this and > revisiting the docs, but I have not managed to get things working. > > I suspect that my problem lies in chanelling the request parameters passed > by the form into the database action. > Specifically, I cannot figure out what: > > > I've not tested it, but in theory you could set the path separator for > > the action to "/" and use the xmlform input module. Drawback is, you > > need to pass the module name and form id for every value OR create > > different instances of the xmlform module for each and every form > > id. > > would look like in practice. Do you have any samples? No, I haven't tested this. First, you need to have a separate instance for the xmlform module in cocoon.xconf 42 To change the path separator, add / to the action's config. This will change "table.column[row]" to "table/column[row]". You might need to add false as well to make it "table/row". In addition, switch the default input to this new module: xmlform-42 In sitemap.xmap: database.xml false / false xmlform-42 and Now, given a suitable database.xml which basically needs to list the tables and columns, the above *should* be able to store values from an XMLForm with id "42" to the database. If this turns out to be useful, we could try to find a way to get the xmlform-id to the xmlform module at run-time. It's a bit tricky, though, so it hasn't been done, yet. This is untested functionality and may or may not work. In any case I'd be happy to hear about the outcome or even fixes. Chris. -- C h r i s t i a n H a u l [EMAIL PROTECTED] fingerprint: 99B0 1D9D 7919 644A 4837 7D73 FEF9 6856 335A 9E08 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modular Database Actions: Urgently seeking documentation
Hi Chris Firstly, thanks for your response. I have been mulling over this and revisiting the docs, but I have not managed to get things working. I suspect that my problem lies in chanelling the request parameters passed by the form into the database action. Specifically, I cannot figure out what: > I've not tested it, but in theory you could set the path separator for > the action to "/" and use the xmlform input module. Drawback is, you > need to pass the module name and form id for every value OR create > different instances of the xmlform module for each and every form > id. would look like in practice. Do you have any samples? Best, Richard - Original Message - From: "Christian Haul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:43 AM Subject: Re: Modular Database Actions: Urgently seeking documentation > On 13.Mar.2003 -- 07:48 PM, Richard In Public wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've been struggling for some time now to understand how to use modular > > database actions. I have not been able to find any directly helpful > > documentation. > > > > Does anyone have a simple example using an XMLForm to insert a row with a > > modular database add action? > > I've not tested it, but in theory you could set the path separator for > the action to "/" and use the xmlform input module. Drawback is, you > need to pass the module name and form id for every value OR create > different instances of the xmlform module for each and every form > id. Provided there is sufficient demand, we could try to make passing > the form id easier. > > > I've listed some of the sources that I've tried below. > > > 1. Coocoon Wiki's ModularDatabaseActions page stops short of providing > > information on using these actions from the sitemap. > > The usage from sitemap is like any other action. Details for > parameters can be found in the accompanying javadocs. > > > 2. I found the mod-db sample in the 2.1 source tree, with the sitemap at: > > cocoon-2.1\src\blocks\databases\samples\mod-db\sitemap.xmap. I have not > > been able to figure out how the 'req-params' actions are used, nor how the > > req-params is a guard action that tests existence of request > parameters. The nested database action thus fires only when a given > set of request parameters is present. > > > value of the 'parameters' parameter is to be understood. This example also > > seems to be based on ESQL, whereas I am trying to use XMLForms. > > ESQL and XMLForms do not overlap. ESQL is used in the sample to > display the database contents. > > > 3. When I invoke the action from my browser/xmlform it breaks (or returns > > null) and I have not be able to find any log entries relating to this. I > > have set the logger parameter when I declare the action in my sitemap. > > Since it is modular, log entries (need to enable log level DEBUG) stem > from various classes and are distributed among sitemap.log and core.log > > > 4. I have not been able to locate a straight forward example in the mailing > > lists or anywhere else. > > HTH > > Chris. > -- > C h r i s t i a n H a u l > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > fingerprint: 99B0 1D9D 7919 644A 4837 7D73 FEF9 6856 335A 9E08 > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modular Database Actions: Urgently seeking documentation
On 13.Mar.2003 -- 07:48 PM, Richard In Public wrote: > Hi > > I've been struggling for some time now to understand how to use modular > database actions. I have not been able to find any directly helpful > documentation. > > Does anyone have a simple example using an XMLForm to insert a row with a > modular database add action? I've not tested it, but in theory you could set the path separator for the action to "/" and use the xmlform input module. Drawback is, you need to pass the module name and form id for every value OR create different instances of the xmlform module for each and every form id. Provided there is sufficient demand, we could try to make passing the form id easier. > I've listed some of the sources that I've tried below. > 1. Coocoon Wiki's ModularDatabaseActions page stops short of providing > information on using these actions from the sitemap. The usage from sitemap is like any other action. Details for parameters can be found in the accompanying javadocs. > 2. I found the mod-db sample in the 2.1 source tree, with the sitemap at: > cocoon-2.1\src\blocks\databases\samples\mod-db\sitemap.xmap. I have not > been able to figure out how the 'req-params' actions are used, nor how the req-params is a guard action that tests existence of request parameters. The nested database action thus fires only when a given set of request parameters is present. > value of the 'parameters' parameter is to be understood. This example also > seems to be based on ESQL, whereas I am trying to use XMLForms. ESQL and XMLForms do not overlap. ESQL is used in the sample to display the database contents. > 3. When I invoke the action from my browser/xmlform it breaks (or returns > null) and I have not be able to find any log entries relating to this. I > have set the logger parameter when I declare the action in my sitemap. Since it is modular, log entries (need to enable log level DEBUG) stem from various classes and are distributed among sitemap.log and core.log > 4. I have not been able to locate a straight forward example in the mailing > lists or anywhere else. HTH Chris. -- C h r i s t i a n H a u l [EMAIL PROTECTED] fingerprint: 99B0 1D9D 7919 644A 4837 7D73 FEF9 6856 335A 9E08 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Modular Database Actions: Urgently seeking documentation
Hi I've been struggling for some time now to understand how to use modular database actions. I have not been able to find any directly helpful documentation. Does anyone have a simple example using an XMLForm to insert a row with a modular database add action? I've listed some of the sources that I've tried below. Richard 1. Coocoon Wiki's ModularDatabaseActions page stops short of providing information on using these actions from the sitemap. 2. I found the mod-db sample in the 2.1 source tree, with the sitemap at: cocoon-2.1\src\blocks\databases\samples\mod-db\sitemap.xmap. I have not been able to figure out how the 'req-params' actions are used, nor how the value of the 'parameters' parameter is to be understood. This example also seems to be based on ESQL, whereas I am trying to use XMLForms. 3. When I invoke the action from my browser/xmlform it breaks (or returns null) and I have not be able to find any log entries relating to this. I have set the logger parameter when I declare the action in my sitemap. 4. I have not been able to locate a straight forward example in the mailing lists or anywhere else. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
