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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 04:26 #14987

vlemos Online Elite Member Posts: 295 Thank you received: 41 Karma: 21	Hello Admin, please help? I have a n:m relationship. In the form, when <?php echo $field->input; ?> is executed, the selected records are pulled from the pivot table. I know what the query should look like but I am trying to find the code which builds the query to fetch these records. Thanks vlemos
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 14:06 #14990

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This function automatically treat the field config to browse datas :

XxxxHelperForm::getItems()

But you can create a function called "getItems()" in the field type class.
It depends what you want to do. You can
- fork the 'relation' field type and override the getItems() function
- create a derived field type inherited from 'relation' (You will encounter fork problem if you create a new field type wich doesn't exist in the generated component. It is still a limitation at the moment)
- invent a new parameter in the XML form field declaration to change the behavior of your field. (Taking source from somewhere else for instance)

Another way is also to play with :

prepareModel()

It is another cool way because you are in touch directly with the desired model. You can play with the ORM

Cook is very handly and confortable, isn't it ?

Coding is now a piece of cake

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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 14:37 #14991

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Yeah, but I was working recently with orm and found an issue that I am still wondering about. I wanted to get a list of users based on Joomla group-title/name. I only need "id" and "user name" but to get the query correctly I must also return:

       _user_usergroup_map_id_.group_id
       _usergroup_id_.title

In straight sql I can return one column while linking to a hundred tables. But it is highly possible that I don't yet know enough about cook's orm interface.

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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 14:44 #14992

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	You need to declare the 'user_usergroup_map_id' relation in the model constructor, (see how are build the others relations) and also 'usergroup_id' relation It is true that Cook should instance them by default even if they are not used.
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 14:57 #14993

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Yes did that. . . .

		$this->hasOne('user_usergroup_map_id', // name
			'.user_usergroup_map', // foreignModelClass
			'user_id', // localKey
			'user_id' // foreignKey
		);

		$this->hasOne('usergroup_id', // name
			'.usergroups', // foreignModelClass
			'user_usergroup_map_id.group_id', // localKey
			'id' // foreignKey
		);

But then had to do this as well to link it up correctly.

	$this->orm->select(array(
		'user_id',
		'user_id.name',
		'user_usergroup_map_id.group_id',
		'usergroup_id.title'
	));

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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 15:17 #14994

vlemos Online Elite Member Posts: 295 Thank you received: 41 Karma: 21	From what I can tell, linking is a function of the field selection. Therefore you must return specific fields if the query is to be built correctly. Not true?
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 15:52 #14995

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	Use the third models for third tables (users / usergroups) In case, create new models Then set this model in the foreignModelClass parameter for the config. I know it is not the best yet, but it will be improved in future to link to tables outside your component. Hope it helps, otherwise, I don't understand your problem. What says SQL ?
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 17:18 #14996

vlemos Online Elite Member Posts: 295 Thank you received: 41 Karma: 21	Third tables is too much work. I could use straight SQL but this works for me for now, thanks. J-Cook is still the best builder anywhere!
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 17:37 #14997

vlemos Online Elite Member Posts: 295 Thank you received: 41 Karma: 21	I have a n:m relationship populating a multi-select box. Is there a way to pass a filter to the select query? I want to return only users from a specific group but currently the builder returns all the records and displays them in the dropdown. <field name="users" alias="id" label="TEST_FIELD_NAME" filter="array" type="relation" multiple="true" labelKey="_user_id_name"/>
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 18:30 #15000

admin Offline Administrator Chef Posts: 3711 Thank you received: 984 Karma: 140	Yes. I told you before : prepareModel(&$model) Put this function on your field class and play with the model using ORM or states vars
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Pivot table query 07 Feb 2017 18:56 #15001

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One other thing I wanted to ask about is in cases where Ajax is selected on a field like created_by/modified_by; should the builder not remove these references from view.html.php?

	$model_created_by = CkJModel::getInstance('ThirdUsers', 'TestsModel');
	$model_created_by->addGroupOrder("a.username");
	$lists['fk']['created_by'] = $model_created_by->getItems();

Would this not add useless chatter and delays to the building of a given view?

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