Hi, I have a table of dates

class TournamentDate extends DataObject{

static $db = array(
"TournamentDateTime" => "SS_Datetime"
);

}

if I view the data in the ModelAdmin, the summary fields consist of the record ID.

If I add

static $summary_fields = array(
"TournamentDateTime" => "Tournament Date"
);

the ModelAdmin displays nothing. It just says "No items found", even though looking at the tables, I can see there's two records.

Why?

And how do I get around this?

"casting" could be used to work around this, but I do not know why you have no results at the moment

Thanks for the reply.

Casting sounds a bit involved. Would I have to overload the SS_Datetime class or the ModelAdmin?

I suspect the problem is that the SS_Datetime is a composite field and that's what complicates matters? But really, I've no idea.

casting isn't too invlolved - but yes it's not coming right out of the box
in my view it's a better option that modifying anything in "cms" or "sahppire"

You're on the right track - the searchbox on the left stumbles on the composite field. Try the following to replace the composite field by a textfield - you can still search on parts of the datetime...

    	static $searchable_fields = array(
		'TournamentDateTime' =>  array(
			'field' => 'TextField'
	));

ah was that it?

believe it or not I've never used the SS_DateTime - everything is with a Date or a Time in my systems.

you also have the option to manipulate the fields from within...

	public function scaffoldSearchFields() {
	   $fields = parent::scaffoldSearchFields();

		return $fields;
	}

And if you want to go to town...
http://www.leftandmain.com/silverstripe-tutorials/2011/03/15/taming-the-beast-remodeling-modeladmin-part-2/

@swaiba: neither had I - and now I'm not going to, I think...

Thanks for the link, I had done some heavy remodelling before, but it's not a bad idea to follow a similar track to what others do... :-)