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jsaade

Community Member, 18 Posts

16 May 2011 at 9:47am

Edited: 17/05/2011 9:27am

Hi,
I have searched the forums for this scenario and I cannot find it, here is my data model:

- User A
	- Project 1
		- Specimen a
		- Specimen b
	- Project 2 
		- Specimen a'
		- Specimen b'

Each user has many projects, each project has many specimens.
I am using $has_many and in the getCMSFields, I use HasManyComplexTableField.
My problem is that if you go to the user, you can add/edit the "Projects"
if you click on a project you can only edit the Specimens, you cannot add.
The add button is simply missing.

Translated into code:
Member Object:

<?php 
class Member_Object extends DataObject
{
    static $db = array (
        "UserName"=>"Text",
		"Password"=>"Text"
    );
	
    static $has_many = array (
        'Projects' => 'Projects_Object'
    );
 
    public function getCMSFields()
    {
		$mng_records = new HasManyComplexTableField(
         $this,
         'Projects',
         'Projects_Object',
         array(
               'Title' => 'Title',
         ),
         'getCMSFields'
      );
		 $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
 
        //Main Tab
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new UniqueTextField('UserName', 'User Name'));   
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField('Password',"Password"));
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Projects", $mng_records);
         
        
        return $fields;
    }
	
   
   static $summary_fields = array(
        'UserName' => 'User Name'
    );  
}
?>

Projects Object:

<?php 
class Projects_Object extends DataObject
{
    static $db = array (
       "Title"=>"Text",
	   "ASTM"=>"Text",
	   "Project"=>"Text",
	   "Client"=>"Text",
	   "Consultant"=>"Text",
	   "DateOfTesting"=>"Text",
	   "DateOfCasting"=>"Text",
	   "AgeOfSpecimen"=>"Text",
	   "Structure"=>"Text",
	   "Formula"=>"Text",
	   "StrengthRequired"=>"Text",
	   "Slump"=>"Text",
	   "TypeOfCuring"=>"Text",
	   "TestedBy"=>"Text",
	   "CheckedBy"=>"Text",
	   "ClientRepresentative"=>"Text"
    );
	
	static $has_many = array (
        'Specimens' => 'Specimens_Object'
    );
	
    static $has_one = array (
        'ParentMember' => 'Member_Object'
    );
	function getCMSFields() {
	  $mng_records = new HasManyComplexTableField(
         $this,
         'Specimens',
         'Specimens_Object',
         array(
               'SpecimenReference' => 'Specimen Reference',
         ),
         'getCMSFields'
      );
	  $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
 
        //Main Tab
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'Title', 'Title'));   
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'ASTM', 'ASTM'));
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Specimens", $mng_records);
		return $fields;
   }
   static $summary_fields = array(
        'Title' => 'Title'
    );   
}
?>

Specimens Object:

<?php 
class Specimens_Object extends DataObject
{
    static $db = array (
	   "SpecimenReference"=>"Text",
	   "Height"=>"Text",
	   "Diameter"=>"Text",
	   "Weight"=>"Text",
	   "Density"=>"Text",
	   "MaxLoad"=>"Text",
	   "CompressiveStrength"=>"Text",
       "TypicalFracturePatterns"=>"Enum('Type I,Type II,Type III,Type IV,Type V,Type VI')",
    );
	
    static $has_one = array (
        'ParentProject' => 'Projects_Object'
    );
	function getCMSFields() {
	  $category =  new DropdownField('TypicalFracturePatterns','Typical Fracture Patterns',singleton('Specimens_Object')->dbObject('TypicalFracturePatterns')->enumValues());
	   $fields = parent::getCMSFields();
 
        //Main Tab
        $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'SpecimenReference', 'Specimen Reference'));
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'Height', 'Height'));  
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'Diameter', 'Diameter'));  
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'Weight', 'Weight'));  
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'Density', 'Density'));  
		$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main", new TextField( 'MaxLoad', 'Max Load'));  
      $fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Main",$category);
		return $fields;
   
   static $summary_fields = array(
        'SpecimenReference' => 'Specimen Reference'
    );  
}
?>

So I can add a member, the go to that member, go to the projects tab, add a project but I cannot add specimens although
according to my login it should work.

What Am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

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jsaade

Community Member, 18 Posts

17 May 2011 at 9:25am

I am beginning to think it is a bug in nested has_many relations.
it definitely relates to showing the nested relation.