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Re: [OFBiz] Users - Data Type not found in Generic Value from a Dynamic View Entity.

Posted by Peter Goron on Oct 24, 2005; 7:08pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/OFBiz-Users-Data-Type-not-found-in-Generic-Value-from-a-Dynamic-View-Entity-tp136206p136209.html

Thank you David for your explanations.

Peter


Le lundi 24 octobre 2005 à 11:39 -0600, David E. Jones a écrit :

> This is still an issue but not one I consider a high priority.  
> DynamicViewEntity is mostly used for querying and not for updating,  
> though in theory it should work fine for updating in certain  
> circumstances, but I'm guessing that for real updates there would be  
> more issues like this one because a DynamicViewEntity isn't real  
> entity like a normal entity or a view-entity is because they aren't  
> tied into certain other things.
>
> For the display code I wouldn't recommend trying to modify any entity  
> in-line, it can make the code confusing and you are restricted to the  
> field names in the entity, so it often ends up becoming somewhat of a  
> hack. It is better to create a more generic Map to put the data in,  
> or just do getRelateds or whatever right inside the FTL template or  
> form definition.
>
> Of course another thing to keep in mind is that if you do prepare  
> data in advance of the FTL/form/whatever then you need to make sure  
> to do it on partial results to avoid running out of memory. If there  
> is no chance of running out of memory it makes things easier, and you  
> might even be able to simplify the query and such.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Oct 24, 2005, at 9:31 AM, Peter Goron wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > I've reported this issue on JIRA (OFBIZ-458) but I don't know enough
> > entity engine to solve it.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Le lundi 24 octobre 2005 à 10:00 -0500, Mike Baschky a écrit :
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>  I'm using a dynamic view entity to generate a list of generic  
> >> values used to
> >>  populate information on an FTl. Proir to the ftl step I modify  
> >> one of the fields in
> >>  each of the generic values in the dve list by adding in some  
> >> additional info to an existing field.
> >>  However when I try to modify said field I get the following  
> >> exception:
> >>  'java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Type description not found'.  
> >> This appears to
> >>  be a pathing issue but if this was the case I should neve have  
> >> been able to generate
> >>  the list of entities in the first place. Now for the clincher -  
> >> this code use to work
> >>  in Ofbiz3.0.0 - I am actually in the processes of upgrading our  
> >> app to work on the
> >>  'newer' ofbiz layout. Has anyone run into something like this  
> >> before and could you tell
> >>  me how to fix this problem.
> >>
> >> Mike Baschky
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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