[html-formfu] More complex DBIC/FormFu interaction

[Carl Franks]

On 1 September 2010 12:51, Nigel Metheringham
<nigel.metheringham at dev.intechnology.co.uk> wrote:
> Just to follow up to my own message...
>
> I won't rehash the problem, but I will present the solution in case
> anyone else is trying something similar...
>
> The YAML form config should be changed to
>   elements:
>     - type: Checkboxgroup
>       name: bookings
>       model_config:
>         label_column: text_info
>         resultset: Booking
>         attributes:
>           order_by: start
>           prefetch: booking_type
>         condition_from_stash:
>           event: event_id
>
> and then the following code should be added before the
> # check and process form
> section of the code:-
>    # stash event restriction for use within form
>    $form->stash->{event_id} = $event->id;
>    $form->process;
>
> The additional process step is needed (otherwise the value is taken
> from when the previous process was run within the
> Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu superclass.
>
>
> Carl: this isn't documented, but there are tests - thankfully which
> makes it much easier to work out whats happening.  I'll see if I can
> come up with a doc patch for it.

Thanks for following this up.
I've added some docs for this.

Cheers,
Carl