I'm following! I got to your earlier point with autocomplete - the 504 error - then realized I needed a formlet, so switched away from autocomplete back to select to narrow my issues to getting the damn formlet working.
what changes did you make to get the name-one pop-up selections? On Jun 25, 8:54 am, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for the long thread but if anyone is following, I get as far as > having the name-one pop up selections when updating the record now. > The update however fails with an unexpected nil object so I'm > debugging. > Inserts don't work at all though. New records give an error message > about "thiss" - note extra s. > If I can isolate the case I'll post a bug. > > On Jun 24, 9:45 pm, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am using Rails 2.3 latest version - might be the problem? > > > Anyway, if I explicitly set the class and completer I seem to get: > > > NoMethodError (undefined method `name_contains' for #<Class: > > 0x32dcd0c>): > > /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/mislav-will_paginate-2.3.11/lib/ > > will_paginate/finder.rb:170:in `method_missing' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/model.rb:364:in `method_missing' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/scopes/named_scope_extensions.rb: > > 20:in `send' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/scopes/named_scope_extensions.rb: > > 20:in `method_missing' > > (__DELEGATION__):2:in `__send__' > > (__DELEGATION__):2:in `with_scope' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/scopes/named_scope_extensions.rb: > > 19:in `method_missing' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/model_controller.rb:696:in `send' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/model_controller.rb:696:in > > `hobo_completions' > > app/controllers/sales_controller.rb:9:in `complete_pick_contact' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/controller.rb:22:in `call' > > vendor/plugins/hobo/hobo/lib/hobo/controller.rb:22:in > > `included_in_class' > > > Rendered rescues/_trace (32.8ms) > > Rendered rescues/_request_and_response (0.3ms) > > Rendering rescues/layout (internal_server_error) > > > I truly appreciate the responses, but I just don't know how to debug > > this further. I guess a good working "name-one" example would be > > nice. > > Everything else regarding hobo seems incredibly useful but the "name- > > one" documentation seems to be written by the authors who try to guess > > what someone not familiar with the source code might run into. > > > Hobo as a tool makes rails novices (like me) very productive in many > > areas but in others, we are really lost. > > > - Mike > > > On Jun 24, 3:18 pm, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > Well the <contact-tag> suggestion doesn't seem to do anything. From > > > more googling and searching for other examples (there are very few!), > > > I think I need to include the field-list too correct? > > > And the examples seem to use <contact-view:> rather than <contact- > > > tag:>. > > > > Using <contact-view:> will change the control to an input text control > > > but typing in it does a GET (I think) and displays a sub-window with > > > "The page you were looking for could not be found" . Do I have to use > > > ajax "part" logic? I am assuming that the "page" it cannot find is > > > related to the autocompletion. I read the tag reference for name-one > > > and find its examples confusing. > > > > My extend looks like: > > > > <extend tag="form" for="Sale"> > > > <old-form merge> > > > <field-list:> > > > <contact-view:><name-one /></contact-view:> > > > </field-list:> > > > </old-form> > > > </extend> > > > > To further complicate things, the item I am trying to do the lookup on > > > has a "def name" function to return the name - it is not a simple > > > column in the table. Is this a problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike > > > > On Jun 24, 12:46 pm, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the clarification on the "old-form". I don't get any errors > > > > now but unfortunately I still get a selection list on the form for > > > > contacts. > > > > It doesn't appear that the override is doing anything. I'll experiment > > > > some more. I'll certainly give the dryml manual another look! > > > > > - Mike > > > > > On Jun 23, 3:27 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You need to include the old form when extending otherwise hobo has no > > > > > idea what you mean by <contact:> (btw it should be contact-tag) > > > > > > <extend tag="form" for="Sale"> > > > > > <old-form merge> > > > > > <contact-tag:><name-one /> ... > > > > > > You might want to read through the dryml > > > > > guidehttp://cookbook.hobocentral.net/manual/dryml-guide. it helped > > > > > me get > > > > > a handle on parameters and attributes. > > > > > > On Jun 23, 1:12 pm, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand it though. > > > > > > I have a sales table that :belongs_to contact. > > > > > > In the fields list for sales, there is "contact" which currently > > > > > > brings up a picklist of contacts - which doesn't work because there > > > > > > are over 10,000 of them. > > > > > > > I tried overriding the contact field in application.dryml as: > > > > > > > <extend tag="form" for="Sale"> > > > > > > <contact:><name-one /></contact: > > > > > > </extend> > > > > > > > For some reason, this causes my index page for sales to throw errors > > > > > > that method "contact" does not exist. I don't know why the form > > > > > > would > > > > > > impact the index page at all. > > > > > > > I'm sure I'm missing some basic hobo concepts here. I'm rereading > > > > > > Kerouac for additional inspiration! > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > On Jun 23, 2:11 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > From the cookbook taglib docs (http://cookbook.hobocentral.net/ > > > > > > > api_tag_defs/field-list) the param name for each input tag is # > > > > > > > {this_field.to_s.sub('?', '')}-tag, so you'd use something like > > > > > > > <owner- > > > > > > > tag:><name-one />... in your override. I think you also need to > > > > > > > setup > > > > > > > the controller ajax response as well. > > > > > > > > On Jun 23, 11:53 am, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am getting further into my application and now find that I > > > > > > > > need to > > > > > > > > change some of my "pick lists" for owners to "name-one" due to > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > many possible entries. > > > > > > > > > I cannot find any clear examples in the tutorials or > > > > > > > > documentation on > > > > > > > > exactly where and how I do form overrides. > > > > > > > > > Do I create a "<extend tag="form" for "MyTable"> in > > > > > > > > application.dryml? > > > > > > > > How do I just change the input type for a "belongs-to" owner? > > > > > > > > The form > > > > > > > > defaults just use a field-list. Where and how do I control the > > > > > > > > type of > > > > > > > > input used for each field? > > > > > > > > > Do I need to create an entire form from scratch if I don't want > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > default? > > > > > > > > > I'd appreciate any guidance or examples! > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
