[html-formfu] Config generator

[Byron Young]

Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Byron Young
> <Byron.Young at riverbed.com> wrote:
>> Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote:
>>  > Hi there,
>>  >
>>  > I've made a new version of the config generator - see the
>> attachment.
>>
>>  Hey Zbigniew,
>>
>>  I think it's very useful.  Thanks!
>>
>>  However, I think I've found a problem with how it handles
> belongs_to relationships.  In my [very limited] usage of
> HTML::FormFu, belongs_to ought to be represented with a
> Block, like so:
>>
>>   - type: Block
>>     elements:
>>       - type: Select
>>         name: belongs_to
>>         label: Belong_to
>>         attributes:
>>           title: Pick something from the other table
>>           model_config: DBIC:
>>             model: DB::ForeignTable
>>
>>
>>  Instead, your generator creates a Repeatable, which seems
> to me to only make sense in the has_many case (or
> many_to_many), since with belongs_to you can only have one
> item from the foreign table.
>>
>>  Are my assumptions wrong?  Since I am a FormFu noob, I
> wouldn't be surprised if the way I'm using it is not standard
> convention.
>
> Certainly this is not a finished product yet.  With belongs_to I have
> a problem - because there are two logical configs for it - it can be a
> Select like yours (I ton't think it needs the outer Block in that

Oh, cool, I didn't know that.

> case) - but it can also be a nested Block with multiple elements that
> would let you change the values in the record that is the 'owner' of
> the original one.  I think the Select would be the more popular
> arrangement - so for the first version I'll do that - but what should
> be the best way to cope with that?  A config option for the config
> generator?  Maybe output both and let the user delete the one that is
> not needed?  Or maybe 'comment out' the less popular option?
>

Hmm, tough call.  I would be happy with both so I can comment out the one I don't want.

Thanks for the quick reply!
Byron

> Cheers,
> Zbigniew
>
>>
>>  Regards,
>>  Byron
>>
>>
>>
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