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Hi,

I have a site engine that uses column definitions 'Tags', 'Banner', 'Side Bar', and 'Content'. Column '0' loads site specific template tags that will be loaded before any other columns.

I am looking for a way to allow a value-list to accept the index value '0'.

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[Columns]
0 = Tags
1 = Banner
2 = Side Bar
3 = Content

The entry above in the valuelists.ini file throws this error in xataface:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in D:\...\xataface\Dataface\Table.php on line 1111

It has to do with '0' as an index.

Is there a way to allow '0' in a valuelist without having to create another mapping table specifically for this valuelist to map col_ID to col_name?

Thank you very much for your great support.

Chris

See the following thread for a discussion on this issue:
http://xataface.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3808#19038

The question was is there a way to allow '0' in a valuelist without having to create another mapping table specifically for this valuelist to map col_ID to col_name?

The answer is No, there is no other way then moving the value-list into a table and changing the valuelists.ini from static definition to a dynamic sql call:

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[Columns]
__sql__ = "SELECT col_ID, col_name FROM Columns ORDER BY col_name"

That would be worth fixing since '0' is a valid entry for option-lists in HTML forms. I like to keep my number of tables as little as possible.

Chris

That would be worth fixing since '0' is a valid entry for option-lists in HTML forms.

Yes. Sadly this is one of the limitations of using INI files. I chose them for their simplicity and still think that they are nicer to work with for most config things than delving into XML.

There is a workaround of course, which is to define the valuelist in the application delegate class (or the table delegate class).

E.g.

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function valuelist__Tables(){
    return array(
        0 => 'All',
        1 => 'Table 1',
        2 => 'Table 2'
    );
}


Since this method is called each time your valuelist is desired, you should implement some kind of caching if this method is going to do any real work.

e.g.

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function valuelist__Tables(){
    static $values = -1;
    if ( $values == -1 ){
        $values = array(0 => 'All');
        $res = mysql_query("select * from  ...", df_db());
        while ( $row = msyql_fetch_row($res) ){
            $values[$row[0]] = $row[1];
        }
    }
    return $values;
}


As Xataface's config loading system was designed to be pluggable, it is possible that in the future there will be alternative formats for config files (e.g. XML or SQL) but for now, this is the situation.

Best regards

Steve

Steve,

using the delegate Class for a particular table was the answer. I have placed the file Block_location.php in the folder for the particular table, in this case Block_location, and it works like a charm. No need for caching though since I am using this for the back-end use (Admin) and not front-end.

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class tables_Block_Location {

   function valuelist__Display(){
      return array(
        0 => 'Disabled',
        1 => 'Enabled'
      );
   }
   function valuelist__Columns(){
      return array(
        0 => 'Tags',
        1 => 'Banner',
        2 => 'Side Bar',
        3 => 'Content'
      );
   }
}


Thanks Steve,

Chris