No problem. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 13:28, xpanshun <srhen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll probably go ahead and do that Alex, thanks for the response :) > > On Nov 3, 1:20 pm, Alex Pilon <alex.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure.. I don't have a lot of experience customizing generators.. > > however I would suggest that simply adding a column to hold the user > entered > > value would be easier than trying to manipulate symfony to use a > different > > kind of primary key. Primary keys are database constructs meant to > uniquely > > identify records. If the user is entering these they may not always be > > unique, and I'm sure that the value you are entering is for another > purpose > > other than database integrity. I'm guessing adding a new field will work > > seemlessly with the generators and not require you to change the default > > behavior of things. Again however I don't work with generators much at > this > > point and I don't know if there is an easy way to do what you want to do > > there. My perspective simply is that you would be misusing the primary > key > > by trying to make it a user entered value. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 13:15, xpanshun <srhen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > @ Alex, > > > > > I guess that is possible, but I was hoping for an easier way like > > > making some type of change in the generator.yml or something of that > > > nature... > > > > > On Nov 3, 1:04 pm, Alex Pilon <alex.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've only ever used the default.. but would it be a sufficient > solution > > > to > > > > add an extra column to your model that holds this admin typed in key? > You > > > > can use indices to mark them as unique.. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:56, xpanshun <srhen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Also, is there a way to make it so that primary key fields are even > > > > > viewable? It seems they are hidden by default... > > > > > > > On Nov 3, 12:31 pm, xpanshun <srhen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've seen this question asked before a lot but from years ago--so > > > > > > there wasn't any working response. I am hoping now that its 2010, > > > that > > > > > > there is a solution... > > > > > > > > I am using Symfony 1.4. I am currently working with the admin > > > > > > generator and I have some primary key fields that are NOT numeric > > > auto- > > > > > > increment. These fields are varchar that I need the admin to > input > > > > > > manually. > > > > > > > > Is there a way to get such a primary key--or any primary key > field to > > > > > > be editable or created new on the backend? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > -- > > > > > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send > it > > > to > > > > > security at symfony-project.com > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "symfony users" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > symfony-users@googlegroups.com > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > > <symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > Alex Pilon > > > > (613) 608-1480 > > > > > -- > > > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it > to > > > security at symfony-project.com > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "symfony users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@goog legroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en > > > > -- > > Alex Pilon > > (613) 608-1480 > > -- > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to > security at symfony-project.com > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "symfony users" group. > To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<symfony-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en > -- Alex Pilon (613) 608-1480 -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to security at symfony-project.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. 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