how to make page for editing multiple objects?
how to make page for editing multiple objects?
Friday 26 August 2005 9:44:23 am - 9 replies
I need to update prices for all products in my shop.
For doing this i need to open every time all product, one by one.
This takes so much time, that i must start new update after i finish current...
Sunday 28 August 2005 7:57:39 pm
You can't do that out of the box. eZ is based on the node approach, e.g. you edit one node at a time, and a node contains one object.
You will probably have to write a custom extension for that. Have a look at the files in kernel/content/, for instance edit.php, and build an extension based on that... the API is very good, so you should be able to achieve that.
Sunday 28 August 2005 9:16:07 pm
I think you actually can (as I did essentially did that in the enhanced object relation extension).
Try calling node_view_gui edit for multiple nodes at a time and see what happens.
If that doesn't work, look dig thru my code to see however I managed to do that back then (sorry, cant remember)
Monday 29 August 2005 8:55:59 am
Plan B: export all your products into a format you can modify (csv or xml), changes the prices on this file and import it.
I don't know if the contribs doing import/export are able to handle versionnning, but shouldn't be too complicated to add if it isn't the case.
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Monday 29 August 2005 4:04:11 pm
Hi:
i think that we are in the same boat,we are trying to do that also,i am trying to work using the hint of Gabriel ,and i hope together we can find a solution 
i think that editing multible objects in the same page is possible somehow,but then how to save these objects?
can anyone tell me?
Modified on Monday 29 August 2005 4:11:29 pm by Mazen Alsibai
Tuesday 30 August 2005 9:51:21 am
You'll likely need some extra PHP code to handle submission of multiple classes. It's in the eor code (related to the addition and edits on newly created relations), I just can't remember where exactly .
I originally took it from object relation list (which can do it too to some extent), BTW but I think I changed it to some extent.
Wednesday 07 September 2005 4:07:05 pm
I think the problem can be solved if we could solve this partial one:
edit two separate objects simultaneously, make all fields from both objects in the same form,
and then save draft for both of them.
This is my problem right now, I believe everything will be so easy if I could save draft for the two object in one button click.
Wednesday 07 September 2005 9:43:50 pm
Well, you are right to suggest this,
But in fact I have nothing to do with updating prices.
My goal is totaly different,
What I need is really to edit two or more objects and save them by only clicking on one save button.( maybe I'd better start a separate thread for this edia ).
Now, what do you think about saving draft of two ojbects???
Thank you
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