Home » Database » DB_DataObject_FormBuilder » Bug #3288

[2005-01-25 00:58 UTC] rolf at winmutt dot com

Description:
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Spoke with Justin about this :

Re : Boolean

I'll issue this as a bug if needed, if a bool is NOT NULL then only a selected status of the checkbox will pass validation. In reality, NULLable booleans should be yes/no radio button and NOT NULL should be a checkbox but not required.

If neither Yes/No (T/F whatever) is not set then it is NULL.

I use this for an "active" (BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT TRUE) field in most of my tables to preserve old records instead of deleting them.

[2005-01-25 02:08 UTC] rolf at winmutt dot com

sry this is FormBuilder issues

[2005-01-28 01:26 UTC] rolf at winmutt dot com

Yes No None radios buttons perhaps? SOME browsers let you
uncheck a button after its checked. It is not a perfect
fix, but the current setup is incorrect. What happens if
its NOT NULL and the customer leaves it unchecked? The
checkbox does not end up in _REQUEST, leaving the field
NULL. I guess one way to fix this would be to leave the
field as not null and interpret null or false as false.

[2005-01-28 01:34 UTC] rolf at winmutt dot com

Perhaps advcheckbox would be a better start over the
normal checkbox?


'advcheckbox'

Class for an advanced checkbox type field,
HTML_QuickForm_advcheckbox. Basically this fixes a problem
that HTML has had where checkboxes can only pass a single
value (the value of the checkbox when checked).