Re: [dali-dev] order of generated fields

[Tom Mutdosch <tommut@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil,

Yes, the grouping as you mention makes sense.  I guess I'm largely referring to 
the basics grouping, and the ordering of fields that fall in that same grouping. 
 For example, in my Customer table I have defined ID, NAME, ADDRESS1, ADDRESS2, 
CITY, STATE.  In the generated Entity, the fields might be generated in the 
order of ID, ADDRESS2, NAME, ADDRESS1, STATE, CITY.  When a UI form is generated 
from that entity using that ordering, the ordering of the fields do not make as 
much logical sense as they do in the DB.  Could Dali keep the ordering of the 
fields consistent (within similar groups of course like Id, Basics, etc) as is 
found in the Database?  That is actually what I meant; I certainly agree with 
ordering of different groups starting with IDs, etc.

-Tom

Neil Hauge wrote:
> The Entity Generator currently orders the fields by the category of mapping. 
 > Id's first, followed by basics, followed by association mappings, etc. This 
is > probably what we would want to continue with as a default, given that it is 
a > logical grouping for a human user.
>
> Other ordering options might be possible in future releases. Feel free to 
open > an enhancement request for this functionality.
>
> Neil