Scott, whatever you think is best. Regards, Hans
On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 17:13 +0000, Scott Gray (JIRA) wrote: > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3307?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12802341#action_12802341 > ] > > Scott Gray commented on OFBIZ-3307: > ----------------------------------- > > Hi Hans, > > As I mentioned in my previous comment, I don't believe that ProductTypeAttr > was intended as being the only way to manage ProductAttribute records, if it > were then foreign keys would enforce the relationship and not allow for > arbitrary attrNames. > > I'm not sure what you mean by maintaining SalesChannel and ProductTypeAttr > records in webtools, do you mean that the user should just manually enter the > records using the entity data maintenance tools? If so I don't think that is > an ideal solution for either entity. > > IMO the best solution would be to add a screen to the catalog app for > maintaining ProductTypeAttr records and then also add another form to the > Product -> Attributes screen so that the user has a choice of either creating > a record based on a predefined ProductTypeAttr or to create a new arbitrary > ProductAttribute record. > > I have no desire to implement these features and was merely trying to resolve > some bugs in my spare time. My preference would be revert the current change > simply because it removed functionality that was previously available to > users. It has obviously had a negative effect or otherwise this issue would > never have been created. > > > Error in product attributes page. > > --------------------------------- > > > > Key: OFBIZ-3307 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3307 > > Project: OFBiz > > Issue Type: Bug > > Affects Versions: SVN trunk > > Environment: Linux Fedora Core 9, Postgres. > > Reporter: Rohit Sureka > > Assignee: Scott Gray > > Fix For: SVN trunk > > > > > > The 'Add Product Attribute' has a drop down list for attribute name. if the > > product does not already have a existing product, its not possible to add a > > new attribute, since the attribute field is a required field but which is > > blank. This problem does not exist in R9.04 where it was not a dropdown but > > a simple text field . > -- Antwebsystems.com: Quality OFBiz services for competitive rates
