seam-gen EntityList, how to disable auto search

[terryb]

In search (list) pages generated by seam-gen. it automatically displays results when list page is first opened.

I can't seem to find a way to stop this auto search behaviour? I would like to stop that, and only execute search when pressing search button.

Also, I got some buttons on page, which should render olny if user had typed any search values. Is it possible to make this check in EntityList object?

[pmuir]

You'll need to get your scoping correct here. I would add some manager component, which outjects a new entity query object when you hit search.

[terryb]

The EntityQuery (compare to EntityHome) is much harder to grasp in terms of how it works; in the absence of documentation. Is there any example even if psudo-code which shows how to pass jsf parameters values to EntityQuery, execute and outject it...

[griffitm]

I too have a related need. I want to be able to provide a date range search on an Entity that has a due date field. It sounds like this can't be done with EntityQuery? I have to write a session bean and handle it that way?

Any advice?

Best Regards,
MG

[terryb]

I haven't reached reached searching by date yet, though perhaps in a week time; I guess I will face the same issue. please post your solution if you figure it out.

At the moment I am trying to workout how to search by parent record using SelectOneMenu for search. eg, selecting a user from the SelectOneMenu to search userActivityLogs.

[pmuir]

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