Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracTicketsCustomFields


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Apr 13, 2011, 9:06:56 PM (14 years ago)
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    1717   * label: Descriptive label.
    1818   * value: Default value.
    19    * order: Sort order placement. (Determines relative placement in forms.)
     19   * order: Sort order placement. (Determines relative placement in forms with respect to other custom fields.)
     20   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'')
    2021 * '''checkbox''': A boolean value check box.
    2122   * label: Descriptive label.
    … …  
    2324   * order: Sort order placement.
    2425 * '''select''': Drop-down select box. Uses a list of values.
     26   * label: Descriptive label.
    2527   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe).
    26    * value: Default value (Item #, starting at 0).
     28   * value: Default value (one of the values from options).
    2729   * order: Sort order placement.
    2830 * '''radio''': Radio buttons. Essentially the same as '''select'''.
    2931   * label: Descriptive label.
    3032   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe).
    31    * value: Default value (Item #, starting at 0).
     33   * value: Default value (one of the values from options).
    3234   * order: Sort order placement.
    3335 * '''textarea''': Multi-line text area.
    … …  
    3739   * rows: Height in lines.
    3840   * order: Sort order placement.
     41   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'')
    3942
    4043=== Sample Config ===
    … …  
    4750test_two = text
    4851test_two.label = Another text-box
    49 test_two.value = Just a default value
     52test_two.value = Default [mailto:joe@nospam.com owner]
     53test_two.format = wiki
    5054
    5155test_three = checkbox
    … …  
    5660test_four.label = My selectbox
    5761test_four.options = one|two|third option|four
    58 test_four.value = 2
     62test_four.value = two
    5963
    6064test_five = radio
    6165test_five.label = Radio buttons are fun
    6266test_five.options = uno|dos|tres|cuatro|cinco
    63 test_five.value = 1
     67test_five.value = dos
    6468
    6569test_six = textarea
    … …  
    7074}}}
    7175
    72 ''Note: To make an entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.''
     76''Note: To make entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.''
    7377
    7478=== Reports Involving Custom Fields ===
    7579
    76 The SQL required for TracReports to include custom ticket fields is relatively hard to get right. You need a `JOIN` with the `ticket_custom` field for every custom field that should be involved.
     80Custom ticket fields are stored in the `ticket_custom` table, not in the `ticket` table. So to display the values from custom fields in a report, you will need a join on the 2 tables. Let's use an example with a custom ticket field called `progress`.
    7781
    78 The following example includes a custom ticket field named `progress` in the report:
     82{{{
     83#!sql
     84SELECT p.value AS __color__,
     85   id AS ticket, summary, owner, c.value AS progress
     86  FROM ticket t, enum p, ticket_custom c
     87  WHERE status IN ('assigned') AND t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress'
     88AND p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority'
     89  ORDER BY p.value
     90}}}
     91'''Note''' that this will only show tickets that have progress set in them, which is '''not the same as showing all tickets'''. If you created this custom ticket field ''after'' you have already created some tickets, they will not have that field defined, and thus they will never show up on this ticket query. If you go back and modify those tickets, the field will be defined, and they will appear in the query. If that's all you want, you're set.
     92
     93However, if you want to show all ticket entries (with progress defined and without), you need to use a `JOIN` for every custom field that is in the query.
    7994{{{
    8095#!sql
    … …  
    95110Note in particular the `LEFT OUTER JOIN` statement here.
    96111
     112=== Updating the database ===
     113
     114As noted above, any tickets created before a custom field has been defined will not have a value for that field. Here's a bit of SQL (tested with SQLite) that you can run directly on the Trac database to set an initial value for custom ticket fields. Inserts the default value of 'None' into a custom field called 'request_source' for all tickets that have no existing value:
     115
     116{{{
     117#!sql
     118INSERT INTO ticket_custom
     119   (ticket, name, value)
     120   SELECT
     121      id AS ticket,
     122      'request_source' AS name,
     123      'None' AS value
     124   FROM ticket
     125   WHERE id NOT IN (
     126      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom
     127   );
     128}}}
     129
     130If you added multiple custom fields at different points in time, you should be more specific in the subquery on table {{{ticket}}} by adding the exact custom field name to the query:
     131
     132{{{
     133#!sql
     134INSERT INTO ticket_custom
     135   (ticket, name, value)
     136   SELECT
     137      id AS ticket,
     138      'request_source' AS name,
     139      'None' AS value
     140   FROM ticket
     141   WHERE id NOT IN (
     142      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom WHERE name = 'request_source'
     143   );
     144}}}
     145
    97146----
    98147See also: TracTickets, TracIni