Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: table_def no_sort error

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Posted by alex vorobiev on
jade, first of all, thanks for your response...

i would be happy to explain.  i am just going through the tutorials,
https://openacs.org/doc/openacs-4-6-3/tutorial-pages.html,
and as per the ad_table manual
https://openacs.org/api-doc/proc-view?proc=ad_table
i was adding the "no_sort" option to various fields.  by default, all database fields rendered in a table by ad_table are sortable (clickable links); if i don't want someone to sort by a particular field, i would just specify the "no_sort" field just as the manual instructs...  this is not working, however...

since the list_builder is a replacement for ad_table, should i just ignore this tutorial example altogether?

re: searching bugs: i am on the openacs.org bugs page.  there are options to view bugs, submit, filter, do patches, and enter a bug id...  i don't see a way to search bugs (only bugs, not the entire site) by keyword that would do lookups on bug text fields...  am i missing something?

thanks

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Posted by Jade Rubick on
I wouldn't ignore the tutorial example. It's a pretty good tutorial. Joel might want to update it, however.

ad_table works fine -- I don't think it's deprecated. List-builder is better, however. It's worth learning.

You're right, I don't believe you can search for bugs. You could look on Google, perhaps.

In response to your question, however, I don't remember much on ad_table. It looks like you're including no_sort in the SQL query, however, which would treat "no_sort" like a SQL column. That' wouldn't work.

If you look at the api-doc (under https://openacs.org/api-doc I believe) it will show you the correct format for ad_table. I imagine no-sort might be an option like -no_sort