Changing Foreign Key from numeric to text. Now search does not work

3/09/2012 8:13 am | #1 John LangerBeta Tester

Hi,

I created an admin section some time ago using the data assist wizard and it works very well. Now my client requires (for reasons involving a third party) that a foreign key used, is changed from a numeric ID (INT), to a text field (VarChar). I've done this and the basic insert, update and display works fine but the search does not. I have the search form on the results page as well as the normal separate file (I've attached them both). This particular search field (Region) is using a dynamic drop down menu.

The field involved is FKeventsRegionID. It used to be 1, 2, 3 etc but is now "England: South East", "England: East" etc

There is obviously something I've missed here but for the life of me it escapes me. Can you help please?

If you go here you will see a search on the right using a drop down. This works fine. This site is still using the old code but on my testing server it works fine.

Any help appreciated.

Attached Files

Search.zip

3/09/2012 8:18 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

if you view source of the search form, the value of the region seelct list is stil using the numeric values, not the strings:

<select name="region" class="dropBox">
                    <option value="">All</option>
                                                            <option value="1">England: East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="2">England: East Midlands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="3">England: London</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="4">England: North East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="5">England: North West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="6">England: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="7">England: South West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="8">England: West Midlands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="9">England: Yorkshire and the Humber</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="21">National</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="10">Northern Ireland</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="11">Scotland: Central</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="12">Scotland: Highlands and Islands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="13">Scotland: North East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="14">Scotland: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="15">Scotland: South West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="16">Scotland: West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="17">Wales: Mid</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="18">Wales: North</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="19">Wales: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="20">Wales: South West</option>
                                        
                                      </select>

you will need to edit the select list so that the value uses the same column as the label.

3/09/2012 8:49 am | #3 John LangerBeta Tester

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the reply. The view source isn't really a true reflection. I haven't changed anything on the live site so it would show numeric options. On my testing server it shows the following

html:

<td>
                  <select name="region" class="dropBox">
                    <option value="">All</option>
                                                            <option value="England: East">England: East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: East Midlands">England: East Midlands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: London">England: London</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: North East">England: North East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: North West">England: North West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: South East">England: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: South West">England: South West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: West Midlands">England: West Midlands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="England: Yorkshire and the Humber">England: Yorkshire and the Humber</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="National">National</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: Central">Scotland: Central</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: Highlands and I">Scotland: Highlands and Islands</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: North East">Scotland: North East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: South East">Scotland: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: South West">Scotland: South West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Scotland: West">Scotland: West</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Wales: Mid">Wales: Mid</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Wales: North">Wales: North</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Wales: South East">Wales: South East</option>
                                        
                                                            <option value="Wales: South West">Wales: South West</option>
                                        
                                      </select>
                  </td>

I was merely trying to point out that a "similar" search worked on my testing server with the new text "options" or text ID's in the database.

I've just tried the same exercise on the search page of my admin section (on my testing server) and this is showing the correct options

html:

<th class="WADADataTableHeader">Region:</th>
          <td class="WADADataTableCell">
            <select name="S_FKeventsRegionID" id="S_FKeventsRegionID">
              <option value="">All</option>
                            <option value="England: East">England: East</option>
                            <option value="England: East Midlands">England: East Midlands</option>
                            <option value="England: London">England: London</option>
                            <option value="England: North East">England: North East</option>
                            <option value="England: North West">England: North West</option>
                            <option value="England: South East">England: South East</option>
                            <option value="England: South West">England: South West</option>
                            <option value="England: West Midlands">England: West Midlands</option>
                            <option value="England: Yorkshire and the Humber">England: Yorkshire and the Humber</option>
                            <option value="National">National</option>
                            <option value="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: Central">Scotland: Central</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: Highlands and I">Scotland: Highlands and Islands</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: North East">Scotland: North East</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: South East">Scotland: South East</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: South West">Scotland: South West</option>
                            <option value="Scotland: West">Scotland: West</option>
                            <option value="Wales: Mid">Wales: Mid</option>
                            <option value="Wales: North">Wales: North</option>
                            <option value="Wales: South East">Wales: South East</option>
                            <option value="Wales: South West">Wales: South West</option>
                          </select>
          </td>

I hope that clarifies things a bit better. Sorry if I mislead you before.

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Changing Foreign Key from numeric to text. Now search does not work

3/09/2012 8:13 am | #1 John LangerBeta Tester