Thanks Mike! I hadn't considered nesting dataLists. I'll give that a whirl.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:41 PM To: MyFaces Discussion Subject: Re: How to extend datatable to accomodate grouping Well, the only other thing I can think of is to use nested t:dataList elements and output your own html tags as you iterate over your data. On 2/13/06, James Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't want to sound rude, but I'm a little bit concerned about using > bleeding edge releases in my production environment. The feature > described below is brilliant, but I'd like to see it in action for a > while before I stake my job on it. > > Are there any other strategies for grouping data in JSF? > > Example: > Category 1 > Contract_Number, Contract_Description Contract_Number, > Contract_Description > > Category 2 > Contract_Number, Contract_Description ...etc... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:21 PM > To: MyFaces Discussion > Subject: Re: How to extend datatable to accomodate grouping > > You might take a look at this feature. It was added yesterday so > you'll have to grab the source from svn and build myfaces yourself > (which is easy to do now that we've switched to maven). > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-1064?page=all > > On 2/10/06, James Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a jsp page I want to convert to jsf. Currently, it uses > > scriptlets with for-loops to display a table of contracts grouped by > > category like this: > > > > Category 1 > > Contract_Number, Contract_Description, etc Contract_Number, > > Contract_Description, etc > > > > Category 2 > > Contract_Number, Contract_Description, etc ... > > > > Conversion to a datatable would be simple enough, except I can't > > imagine how to handle the grouping. Based on my searches, it > > appears that nesting datatables is out. Can anyone recommend an > > approach to accomplishing this? > > > > > >
