Setting a default table based on the user logged in

[rlevin]

Using the beforeHandleRequest() function works but only when each user has one table. If I were to click on TableB, TableA would show instead since beforeHandleRequest() is called on every request. How should I approach this problem? My tables are hidden from user to user using the getNavItem() method. Ive also tried the after_action_login() method but that didn't work.

Here's what I have at the moment

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function after_action_login()
    {
      $auth =& Dataface_AuthenticationTool::getInstance();
      $user =& $auth->getLoggedInUser(); 
      $app = Dataface_Application::getInstance();
      $query =& $app->getQuery();
      switch($user->val('role'))
      {
         case 'ADMIN':
            $query['-table'] = 'TableA';
            break;
         case 'UserA':
            $query['-table'] = 'TableA';
            break;
         case 'UserB':
            $query['-table'] = 'TableB';
            break;
      }      
    }


[rlevin]

Here's something else I tried

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function isLoggedIn()
      {
      $auth =& Dataface_AuthenticationTool::getInstance();
    $user =& $auth->getLoggedInUser();
    if(isset($user)) return true;
    return false;
      }
     
     function beforeHandleRequest(){
    if (!isset($_SESSION['loggedInAlready']) and isLoggedIn() ){
        $_SESSION['loggedInAlready'] = true;
         $auth =& Dataface_AuthenticationTool::getInstance();
           $user =& $auth->getLoggedInUser();
         switch ($user->val('role')){
            case 'ADMIN':
                  $url= 'http://www........index.php?-table=TableA';
                  break;
            case 'UserA':
               $url = 'http://www.......index.php?-table=TableA';
               break;
            case 'UserB':
               $url = 'http://www........index.php?-table=TableB';
                 break;
        }
        header('Location: '.$url);
        exit;
    }
}



This doesn't work either.

[shannah]

You're barking up the wrong tree by adding extra checks to see if they are logged in. The key thing to focus on when you implement the beforeHandleRequest method is that '-action' parameter.

Look at the wiki page for beforeHandleRequest for some examples on how to do this safely.
http://www.xataface.com/wiki/beforeHandleRequest
-Steve