[Dbix-class] question about DBIx::Class::HTMLWidget

[Ash Berlin]

John Napiorkowski wrote:
> Hi, 
>  
> I hope it's cool to post questions about this module on the DBIx Class list.  I'm having trouble figuring out how to use this to create new entries in the database.  I was able to get it to edit existing ones without any trouble.  I can see in the source code that it's using 'insert_or_update' so I imagine that the intention at least is for this toe be able to create new entries. 
>  
> Here's my source (I'm using Catalyst): 
>  
> sub create :Path('create') Args(0) 
> { 
>     my ($self, $c) = @_; 
>      
>         my $roles_rs  = $c->model('db::membership::roles'); 
>          
>         my $form = $self->role_form($c); 
>         my $result    :Stashed; 
>  
>         if( $c->request->method eq 'GET' ) 
>         {             
>             ## Get the result object 
>             $result    = $form->process(); 
>         } 
>         elsif($c->request->method eq 'POST') 
>         { 
>             ## Get the result object 
>             $result = $form->process($c->request); 
>              
>             unless ($result->has_errors) 
>             { 
>                 ##Put DB Data 
>                 $roles_rs->populate_from_widget($result); 
>              
>                 ##Return to the list 
>                 $c->response->redirect('/roles'); 
>             } 
>         } 
> } 
>  
> And the error I get is from Catalyst is: 
>  
> Caught exception in talentspace_portal2::Controller::roles->create "Can't locate object method "populate_from_widget" via package "talentspace::Schema::db::membership::roles::_resultset" at /mnt/hgfs/talentspace/talentspace_portal2/script/../lib/talentspace_portal2/Controller/roles.pm line 108." 
>  
> I get the feeling I need to do something with: 
>  
> my $roles_rs  = $c->model('db::membership::roles'); 
>  
> But all the stuff I tried, like ->search doesn't seem to help.  Has anyone run into this before and found the solution? BTW I'm using the version from CPAN labled '0.06'.
>  
>  
> --john
>
>
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you need to have "load_components(qw/HTMLWidget  Core/);" in the roles 
class.

Ash