Hi Gianluca,
yes, using a input field with autosuggest instead of the select list would
work, I've seen this working several times.
Have you looked at the information on
Guillaume
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:05, Gianluca Sabena <
gianluca.sabena(a)intertesto.com> wrote:
  Hi,
 any news on this front?
 The important part of my question is to know if "display type input"
 allows to display one field and submit a
 different field (I mean to work in the same way select list does)?
 Thank you,
 Gianluca
 On 12/lug/11, at 13:06, Gianluca Sabena wrote:
  Hi,
 I have an object (Intranet.AbCompany) where I would like to insert a
 relation to objects of type Intranet.AbPerson
 Does "display type input" allow to display one field and submit a
 different field (I mean to work in the same way select list does)?
 This is useful because if you have 1000 or more values  select is
 not practical and the only solution is an input box with suggest. In
 this scenario, I need to display the person surname, but store the
 related object id (my use case is an internal address book, where
 you need to connect company and person)
 Thank you,
 Gianluca
 ------- Note, settings an errors ------------------------
 Settings:
 - multiple objects are stored in a single page
 - field type is "database list"
 - multiple select, relational storage, suggest are all checked
 - If display type is select it works well
 - if display type is input, the suggest ajax call throw an exception
 - Hibernate query used:
 SELECT   pval.value, pid.value FROM BaseObject obj, StringProperty
 pval, StringProperty pid WHERE
 obj.className='Intranet.AbPersonClass' AND  obj.name <>
 'Intranet.AbPersonTemplate' AND pval.id.id = obj.id AND pval.id.name
 = 'surname' AND pid.id.id = obj.id AND pid.id.name = 'name'
 - ajax exception:
 Request URL:http://....../xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome?
 xpage
 =suggest&classname=Intranet.AbCompanyClass&fieldname=person&firCol=-
 &secCol=-&input=gianl
 Request Method:GET
 Status Code:200 OK
 1 requests  ❘  9.92KB transferred
 WebHome
 /xwiki/bin/view/Main
 HeadersContentCookiesTiming
 <a href=""
 onclick
 ="document.getElementById('xwikierror1').style.display='block';
 return false;">Error number 4001 in 4: Error while parsing velocity
 page /templates/suggest.vm
 Wrapped Exception: Failed to evaluate content with id [/templates/
 suggest.vm]<div id="xwikierror1" style="display: none;"><pre
 class="xwikierror">
 Error number 4001 in 4: Error while parsing velocity page /templates/
 suggest.vm
 Wrapped Exception: Failed to evaluate content with id [/templates/
 suggest.vm]
 com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 4001 in 4: Error while
 parsing velocity page /templates/suggest.vm
 Wrapped Exception: Failed to evaluate content with id [/templates/
 suggest.vm]
     at
 com
 .xpn
 .xwiki
 .render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:122)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:1840)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:153)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:224)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:115)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .struts
 .action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:
 431)
     at
 org
 .apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:
 236)
     at
 org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:
 1196)
     at
 org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1166)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:129)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .wysiwyg
 .server.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:152)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 com
 .xpn.xwiki.plugin.webdav.XWikiDavFilter.doFilter(XWikiDavFilter.java:
 68)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .container
 .servlet
 .filters
 .internal
 .SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:
 218)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .container
 .servlet
 .filters
 .internal
 .SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:
 112)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:
 388)
     at
 org
 .mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:
 216)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:
 182)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:
 765)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
     at
 org
 .mortbay
 .jetty
 .handler
 .ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
     at
 org
 .mortbay
 .jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:
 152)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:
 536)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection
 $RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:915)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:539)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:
 212)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:
 405)
     at
 org
 .mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:
 409)
     at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool
 $PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)
 Wrapped Exception:
 org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation
 of method 'search' in  class com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki threw exception
 com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 3223 in 3: Exception
 while searching documents with sql SELECT   pval.value, pid.value
 FROM BaseObject obj, StringProperty pval, StringProperty pid WHERE
 lower() like ? and obj.className='Intranet.AbPersonClass' AND
 obj.name <> 'Intranet.AbPersonTemplate' AND pval.id.id = obj.id AND
 pval.id.name = 'surname' AND pid.id.id = obj.id AND pid.id.name =
 'name'
 Wrapped Exception: could not execute query at /templates/
 suggest.vm[line 44, column 26]
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity
 .runtime
 .parser.node.ASTMethod.handleInvocationException(ASTMethod.java:243)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:187)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:
 280)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:
 567)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:
 71)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity
 .runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:142)
     at
 org
 .apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity
 .runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .velocity
 .internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:
 195)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .velocity
 .internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:
 160)
     at
 com
 .xpn
 .xwiki
 .render.XWikiVelocityRenderer.evaluate(XWikiVelocityRenderer.java:116)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:1840)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:153)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:224)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:115)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .struts
 .action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:
 431)
     at
 org
 .apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:
 236)
     at
 org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:
 1196)
     at
 org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1166)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:129)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .wysiwyg
 .server.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:152)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 com
 .xpn.xwiki.plugin.webdav.XWikiDavFilter.doFilter(XWikiDavFilter.java:
 68)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .container
 .servlet
 .filters
 .internal
 .SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:
 218)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org
 .xwiki
 .container
 .servlet
 .filters
 .internal
 .SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:
 112)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler
 $CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:
 388)
     at
 org
 .mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:
 216)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:
 182)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:
 765)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418)
     at
 org
 .mortbay
 .jetty
 .handler
 .ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
     at
 org
 .mortbay
 .jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:
 152)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
     at
 org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:
 536)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection
 $RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:915)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:539)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:
 212)
     at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:
 405)
     at
 org
 .mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:
 409)
     at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool
 $PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582)
 Caused by: com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 3223 in 3:
 Exception while searching documents with sql SELECT   pval.value,
 pid.value FROM BaseObject obj, StringProperty pval, StringProperty
 pid WHERE lower() like ? and obj.className='Intranet.AbPersonClass'
 AND  obj.name <> 'Intranet.AbPersonTemplate' AND pval.id.id = obj.id
 AND pval.id.name = 'surname' AND pid.id.id = obj.id AND pid.id.name
 = 'name'
 Wrapped Exception: could not execute query
     at
 com
 .xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.search(XWikiHibernateStore.java:
 2162)
     at
 com
 .xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateStore.search(XWikiHibernateStore.java:
 2094)
     at
 com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiCacheStore.search(XWikiCacheStore.java:689)
     at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.search(XWiki.java:556)
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor444.invoke(Unknown Source)
     at
 sun
 .reflect
 .DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl
 .invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
     at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl
 $VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395)
     at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl
 $VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384)
     at
 org
 .apache
 .velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173)
     ... 48 more 
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