server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             {
                 templateFieldList = ((JArray)jtemplate["full"]).ToObject<string[]>();
             }
-            //manually add the default field
-            templateFieldList.Prepend("df");
+
 
             //BUILD THE QUERY           
             /*
@@ -488,15 +487,13 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
 
             //RETURN OBJECTS                  
-            int returnRowColumnCount = templateFieldList.Count();//AyaObjectFields.Count();
+            int returnRowColumnCount = templateFieldList.Count() + 1;//Templates don't have the DF column in them but we need it and it's in the query so plus one
             List<List<AyaFieldData>> rows = new List<List<AyaFieldData>>();
             long totalRecordCount = 0;
 
-
-            //RUN THE QUERY
+            //QUERY THE DB
             using (var command = ct.Database.GetDbConnection().CreateCommand())
             {
-
                 ct.Database.OpenConnection();
 
                 //GET DATA RETURN ROWS
@@ -506,18 +503,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     while (dr.Read())
                     {
                         List<AyaFieldData> row = new List<AyaFieldData>(returnRowColumnCount);
+
+                        //PROCESS THE DF DEFAULT FIRST COLUMN
+                        //first column is always the underlying id value of the default record to open for this row in the client ui
+                        row.Add(new AyaFieldData() { v = dr.GetInt64(0) });
+
                         //GetOrdinal is flakey in npgsql so just going by field definition and ordinal numerically
-                        int nCurrentColumnPointer = 0;
-                        //flag to handle first column which has no display value, just an id instead
-                        bool isFirstDFColumn = true;
-                        //Iterate object fields, build return row list as required
+                        int nCurrentColumnPointer = 1;//start at 1 
 
-                        //WAIT A SECOND, this is not correct, we are meant to return the template fields only, not all the fields in the objectfieldefinition which is a superset of the template
-                        //instead it needs to iterate the *template* (but do the DF field first on it's own) and only grab the data that's in the template
-                        //TEST THIS BY ADDING SUPERFLOUS FIELD TO THE OBJECTFIELDEFINITION THAT ISN'T IN THE TEMPLATE
-                        //See the select builder, IIRC it already does select only the fields required, it's probably just this block of code below that needs adapting
-
-                        //INSERT INTO THE RETURN ROWS LIST
+                        //INSERT REMAINING FIELDS FROM TEMPLATE INTO THE RETURN ROWS LIST
                         foreach (string TemplateField in templateFieldList)
                         {
                             //get the AyaObjectFieldDefinition
@@ -526,14 +520,12 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                             AyaFieldData AyaField = new AyaFieldData();
                             AyaField.v = dr.GetValue(nCurrentColumnPointer);
 
-                            nCurrentColumnPointer++;
-                            if (!isFirstDFColumn && f.SqlIdColumnName != null)//skip over df column id, it's not there
+                            if (f.SqlIdColumnName != null)//skip over df column id, it's not there
                             {
                                 AyaField.i = dr.GetInt64(nCurrentColumnPointer);
                                 nCurrentColumnPointer++;
                             }
 
-                            isFirstDFColumn = false;
                             row.Add(AyaField);
                         }
                         rows.Add(row);