server/AyaNova/biz/ObjectFields.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         //DEFINE VALID KEYS HERE
         //For objects that are both list and edit form it's just the name of the object
-        //For objects that are compound list objects or reporting objects it's whatever uniquely but clearly identifies that
+        //For objects that are compound list objects or reporting objects it's whatever uniquely but clearly identifies that and ends in _LIST
         public const string WIDGET_KEY = "widget";
         public const string USER_KEY = "user";
 
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                  */
                 case WIDGET_KEY:
                     #region WIDGET_KEY
+                    
+                    //first column is the non visible Default Id column so that the client knows what to open when there is no field with ID selected that matches underlying record type
+                    //in this case the default of id is sufficient for this list
+                    l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "_df_", AyObjectType=(int)AyaType.Widget });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "WidgetName", PropertyName = "Name", DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Text, Hideable = false });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "WidgetSerial", PropertyName = "Serial", DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Integer });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "WidgetDollarAmount", PropertyName = "DollarAmount", DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Currency });
@@ -184,6 +188,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 #endregion
                 case USER_KEY:
                     #region USER_KEY
+                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "_df_", AyObjectType=(int)AyaType.User });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "Name", PropertyName = "Name", SharedLTKey = true, DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Text, Hideable = false });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "UserEmployeeNumber", PropertyName = "EmployeeNumber", DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Text });
                     l.Add(new ObjectField { Key = "AuthorizationRoles", PropertyName = "Roles", Hideable = false, DataType = (int)AyaDataType.Enum, EnumType = typeof(AuthorizationRoles).ToString() });

server/AyaNova/biz/SqlSelectBuilder.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             var jtemplate = JObject.Parse(template);
 
             //get the fields list
-            var FieldsList = ObjectFields.ObjectFieldsList(objectKey);
+            var objectFieldsList = ObjectFields.ObjectFieldsList(objectKey);
 
             //convert to strings array (https://stackoverflow.com/a/33836599/8939)
             string[] templateFieldList;
@@ -32,21 +32,39 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             {
                 templateFieldList = ((JArray)jtemplate["full"]).ToObject<string[]>();
             }
-           
 
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
             sb.Append("SELECT ");
 
+            //Default ID column
+            ObjectField def = objectFieldsList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == "_df_");
+            sb.Append(def.SqlIdColumn);
+            sb.Append(" AS _df_ ");
+
             foreach (string ColumnName in templateFieldList)
             {
-                //NOPE, NOPE, NOPE....rather than this, it needs to get the names by consulting the ObjectFields list which may contain overrides for the sql name etc
-                sb.Append(ColumnName);
+                ObjectField o = objectFieldsList.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == s);
+                if (o != null)
+                {//Here is where we can vet the field name, if it doesn't exist though, for now we'll just ignore those ones
+
+                    sb.Append(",");
+                    sb.Append("{");
+                    //Build required part of column definition
+                    sb.Append($"\"cm\":\"{o.Key}\",\"dt\":{(int)o.DataType}");
+
+                    //Has a AyObjectType? (linkable / openable)
+                    if (o.AyObjectType != 0)
+                        sb.Append($",\"ay\":{(int)o.AyObjectType}");
+
+                    sb.Append("}");
+
+                }
             }
 
-          
 
-            return  sb.ToString();
+
+
+            return sb.ToString();
         }