devdocs/todo.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 ## IMMEDIATE ITEMS
 
 
+//PICKLISTS:
+	//TODO: build a sql List<AyaPickListFieldDefinition> columnDefinitionsselect and order by and a where clause that searches appropriately in each field (tags)
+	//it should return results based on the query where there is a single name (display) column and an id column for rowid
+	//and the fields should be combined in a standard way separated by spaces "Widget widgetserial username" for compactness
+	//WORKING QUERY
+	//select awidget.id AS rowid,awidget.active,awidget.name,awidget.serial,auser.name from awidget left outer join auser on (awidget.userid=auser.id) 
+	//where awidget.active = true and ((awidget.name like '%some%') or (cast (awidget.serial as text) like '%some%') or (auser.name like '%some%') ) order by awidget.name,awidget.serial,auser.name limit 100
+
+
 
 TODO: BizRoles.cs seems to get hammered on every single request, is it efficient?
 	- Why is it not cached in some way?

server/AyaNova/PickList/PickListSqlBuilder.cs

@@ -18,18 +18,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
         internal static string Build(IAyaPickList pickList, List<string> templateColumnNames, string autoCompleteQuery, bool IncludeInactive)
         {
 
-            //TODO: if no autocompletequery returns the first XX results without querying in natural order by column names
-            //if autocomplete returns teh first XX results with query in natural order by column names
-
-            //TODO: build a sql List<AyaPickListFieldDefinition> columnDefinitionsselect and order by and a where clause that searches appropriately in each field (tags)
-            //it should return results based on the query where there is a single name (display) column and an id column for rowid
-            //and the fields should be combined in a standard way separated by spaces "Widget widgetserial username" for compactness
-            //WORKING QUERY
-            //select awidget.id AS rowid,awidget.active,awidget.name,awidget.serial,auser.name from awidget left outer join auser on (awidget.userid=auser.id) 
-            //where awidget.active = true and ((awidget.name like '%some%') or (cast (awidget.serial as text) like '%some%') or (auser.name like '%some%') ) order by awidget.name,awidget.serial,auser.name limit 100
-
-
-            //TODO: TAGS
+          
+            //TODO: custom template routes and tests
+            //TODO: TESTS FOR ALL FORMS OF QUERY (tags, non text fields etc)           
             //TODO: Clean out unnneeded stuff in AyaPickListFieldDefinition (stuff from datalist copied over)
 
             //determine this in advance as it will be used in a loop later
@@ -86,6 +77,16 @@ namespace AyaNova.PickList
                         //Tag?
                         if (o.ColumnDataType == UiFieldDataType.Tags)
                         {
+                            //awidget.tags @> array['blah','blah3'::varchar(255)]
+                            //or in real life: ((awidget.name like '%o34%') or (awidget.tags @> array['zone-0'::varchar(255)])  ) 
+                            //but this means exact match only, not like comparison here
+
+                            //This also works: ((awidget.name like '%o34%') or ('blue' like any(awidget.tags))  ) 
+                            //but again, not a like query only exact match
+
+                            //THIS is the one:
+                            //(array_to_string(awidget.tags,',') like '%zo%')
+                            sWhere = $"(array_to_string({valueColumnName},',') like '%{autoCompleteQuery}%')";
 
                         }
                         else if (o.ColumnDataType == UiFieldDataType.Text || o.ColumnDataType == UiFieldDataType.EmailAddress || o.ColumnDataType == UiFieldDataType.HTTP)