Thanks! that worked a treat!

On 5/23/06, Jeff Bischoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here is how I catch the 'row id' in my application:

<t:dataTable id="TheDataTable" var="data">
   <h:column>
     <f:facet name="header"><h:outputText value="Sequence #"/></f:facet>
     <h:commandLink action="">       <h:outputText value="#{data.sequenceNum}"/>
       <t:updateActionListener property="#{bean.currentSequenceNum}"
value="#{data.sequenceNum}" />
     </h:commandLink>
   </h:column>
</t:dataTable>

This is generalized, stripped-down code - obviously I have other columns
and such. The user will see in the first column a list of numbers. If
they click a number, the <t:updateActionListener> will update the
property on the bean with the value they clicked (data.sequenceNum).
Then the <h:commandLink> tells navigation to reload the page. We use
somewhat odd navigation on our site, so don't get confused by that.

This works because
* I have a sequence number stored in each bean of the collection that
dataTable is displaying
* I can access that bean in the jsp by using the "var" attribute in
dataTable

If your data doesn't actually have a row id property, perhaps you should
add one.

Regards,

Jeff Bischoff
Kenneth L Kurz & Assoc, Inc.

Alex Burton wrote:
> Thanks Volker.
>
> How do you catch the 'row id' though?
>
> Cheers,
> Alex.
>
> On 5/23/06, *Volker Weber* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Alex,
>
>     we do this by using h:commandlink, with parameter, for displaying
>     the row data.
>     But you need to hit the text when clicking on a row.
>
>     regards,
>
>       Volker
>
>     2006/5/23, Alex Burton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
>      > Hi all,
>      >
>      >  I'm trying to use a datagrid as a way to quickly find and select a
>      > particular item from a large list of items. The items have several
>      > attributes I wish to display and can number in the 100's, so a
>     drop down
>      > list isn't the right way to go...
>      >
>      >  So... I have my datagrid displaying beautifully... but am now
>     stumped on
>      > how to throw an even to catch a row selection... I know there are the
>      > rowOnClick="_javascript_" attributes in the datagrid, but how do i
>     bind that
>      > to something useful?
>      >
>      >  Anyone have any pointers? Ideally I'd like to get the
>     "forceIdIndexFormula"
>      > value (or object it represents in my backing bean).
>      >
>      >  Thanks in advance,
>      >  Alex.
>      >
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