rich:suggestionbox multi field

[ferilauw]

Hi All,

I have a problem, can other field have a value too from database ? because i want to have 2 property that have value from table in MySQL.
In below, i just have one value from field : cabang.kota
and i need one value again from other field : cabang.nama
how to do that using just only one action like this below?
Note : cabangList.autocomplete is the query.

<div>Cabang</div>
 <div></div>
 <h:inputText id="kota" value="#{cabang.kota}"></h:inputText>          
  <rich:suggestionbox ajaxSingle="true" for="kota" var="_cabang"
     fetchValue="#{_cabang.kota}" minChars="1"
     suggestionAction="#{cabangList.autocomplete}"
     defaultLabel="Pilihan Cabang"
     nothingLabel="Cabang tidak ada!">
     <h:column>
         <h:outputText value="#{_cabang.kota}" />                    
     </h:column>
     <h:column>
        <h:outputText value="#{_cabang.nama}" />
     </h:column>
     <a:support event="onselect" reRender="cabangSearchResults" />
  </rich:suggestionbox>          
 <div></div>
 <div></div>

Thanks you so much before.

[kragoth]

Let's see.

rich:suggestionBox only has a single value attribute so the simple answer to your question is no you can't use this component to assign values to two separate variables at the same time.

BUT, with a bit of thinking you can do it.

Instead of using the results of your query to build your suggestion list use the results to build a list of DTO objects that contain the combinations of the 2 values you want.

Then, your suggestionbox should use the list of DTOs as it's suggestions.

Then when the user selects a suggestion a valuechange listener could be used to extract the 2 values out of the DTO they selected and set the values on your actual object.

This might require you to change how you load your page a bit but this should work.

There are other ways to solve this problem but, I'd have to think about the solution a bit more before I try to write them down. :)

[ferilauw]

Hi Sir Tim,

Ok Sir Tim, i will try to learn about DTO with Seam because iam new in Seam and DTO :)

Thanks you so much.