Possible Bug in Hobo 1.3

Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 12:32:09 PM8/16/11

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I tried re-installing Ubuntu 11.04 on one of my machines at home and updated to the latest git repository version of Hobo 1.3 as Matt described.

Then I recreated the basic app, and created a resource called "customer" with fullname:string and address:string.

Performed the usual hobo g migration and ran rails server.

The Customers tab appears and does not crash when clicked on, since making the change Matt described to my Gemfile. Since making the change in

app>models>customer.rb to read:

hobo_model # Don't put anything above this

fields do
    fullname    :string, :name => true
    address     :string
    timestamps
end

The first screen after clicking the Customers tab does show a single line for each record with the contents of the fullname field displayed as a hyperlink.

So far so good. Then when I click on the customer's name, the next screen should show both fields, but it does not. Only the address field is displayed.

When I first saw this behaviour, I assumed that it was from some playing around that I did and that it was my own fault. But after doing a fresh install at home and doing each update step carefully as well as each hobo command (with no intermediate mistakes), the problem still persists. On the "edit screen" and the "new record screen" both fields do appear as they should. So this problem is limited to only one screen. I'm not sure how to name the problematic screen, but it comes up after clicking on any customer's name. Perhaps I should call it the "show customer screen". Anyway, this is clearly not a desirable thing for Hobo. Just thought you'd like to know about it before the release.

Arthur

Bryan Larsen

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Aug 16, 2011, 12:45:31 PM8/16/11

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That's not a bug, it's a feature. :)

fullname is displayed in the title, so there's no need to duplicate it
in the fields.

Bryan

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Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 12:53:04 PM8/16/11

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I thought that might be the intention, but that line is displayed as "Customer", not "Arthur E. Baldwin", so it's still not quite right.

Arthur

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Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 1:02:36 PM8/16/11

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Also, the displayed URL is:

http://localhost:3000/customers/1-arthur-e-baldwin

So it is aware of the correct data in a way.

Arthur

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Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 5:25:37 PM8/16/11

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If anyone knows of another addition that I can add to the following code in order to make the "show page" display "Arthur E. Baldwin" instead of "Customer"....I would appreciate it very much if you could let me know what that syntax looks like.

fields do
   fullname    :string, :name => true
   address     :string
   timestamps
end

My wild guess is something like:

fullname :string, :name => true, :title => true

but I could be way off....please help.

If there is no additional statement like this, then Hobo 1.3 does indeed have a bug.

Arthur

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Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 8:11:43 PM8/16/11

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I would very much like to hear from an expert in regard to this problem. At least let me know if this is considered a bug or not.

At least that way, I can focus my attention on something else until it is resolved.

Arthur

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Matt Jones

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Aug 16, 2011, 8:19:10 PM8/16/11

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This sounds like something wonky going on in the translation process - I'll take a look at it.

--Matt Jones

On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Arthur Baldwin wrote:

> I would very much like to hear from an expert in regard to this problem. At least let me know if this is considered a bug or not.
> At least that way, I can focus my attention on something else until it is resolved.
>
> Arthur
>

> From: Arthur Baldwin <eeng...@yahoo.com>
> To: "hobo...@googlegroups.com" <hobo...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hobo Users] Possible Bug in Hobo 1.3
>
> If anyone knows of another addition that I can add to the following code in order to make the "show page" display "Arthur E. Baldwin" instead of "Customer"....I would appreciate it very much if you could let me know what that syntax looks like.
>
> fields do
> fullname :string, :name => true
> address :string
> timestamps
> end
>
> My wild guess is something like:
>
> fullname :string, :name => true, :title => true
>
> but I could be way off....please help.
>
> If there is no additional statement like this, then Hobo 1.3 does indeed have a bug.
>
> Arthur

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>
> Also, the displayed URL is:
>
> http://localhost:3000/customers/1-arthur-e-baldwin
>
> So it is aware of the correct data in a way.
>
> Arthur
>

> From: Arthur Baldwin <eeng...@yahoo.com>
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>
> I thought that might be the intention, but that line is displayed as "Customer", not "Arthur E. Baldwin", so it's still not quite right.
>
> Arthur
>

Arthur Baldwin

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Aug 16, 2011, 8:28:35 PM8/16/11

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Thanks Matt,

I tried using the following line:

fields do
   fullname :string, :name => true, :primary_content => true
   address :string
   timestamps
end

This gave me a visible "Arthur E. Baldwin" just below the Title line (underlined) but without any field name label and too far to the left. Not exactly what I had in mind.

Arthur

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