DynamicForm updates all fields even though only one is updated.

[michaeljseo]

PROBLEM
DynamicForm updates all fields even though only one is updated. How does one have the server side just update only the field that was updated?

I would like this since I have a timestamp field that upon update uses CURRENT_TIMESTAMP to record the date/time of the update. However, since all fields are being update, which include my timestamp field, the timestamp field does not reflect the date/time the user updates the field.

Environment
v8.2p_2012-09-18/PowerEdition Deployment
GWT-2.4

[Isomorphic]

The behavior of saving a timestamp on modification is built-in - see "modifierTimestamp".

If you choose to implement this by hand anyway, setting canSave="false" on the field will cause any browser-submitted value for the field to be ignored, while still allowing you to affect the field by modifying the DSRequest in a DMI.

[michaeljseo]

Thank you, Isomorphic!

I'm observing that these types:

      	<field name="entry_date" type="MODIFIERTIMESTAMP" />
      	<field name="creation_datetime" type="CREATORTIMESTAMP" />

return NULL when I use getType(). Also, the DynamicForm has them as plain TextItem's.

Is that expected behavior?

[michaeljseo]

Sorry. I didn't specify correctly the modifier types. The following works for me. Thanks!

      	<field name="entry_date" type="modifierTimestamp" hidden="false" canEdit="true"/>
      	<field name="creation_datetime" type="creatorTimestamp" hidden="false" canEdit="true"/>