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Relation 1:n (Selectorbox) or relation n:n (Double selectorbox)

Property Data type Default Plus Mvc
aliasSelect Field name   Yes No
additionalTableSelect String   Yes No
applyFuncToRecords Boolean 0 Yes No
groupBySelect String   Yes No
labelSelect Field name   Yes No
orderSelect String   Yes No
overrideEnableFields Boolean 0 Yes No
overrideStartingPoint Boolean 0 Yes No
separator String   Yes No
singleWindow Boolean 0 Yes No
specialFields String   Yes No
whereSelect String   Yes No

additionalTableSelect

Property

additionalTableSelect

Data type

String

Description

The string is a comma-separated table names. It Adds the table names in the select query. It can be used when tables need to be joined.

aliasSelect

Property

aliasSelect

Data type

Field name

Description

Defines an alias used in the SELECT query. Markers ###fieldname### can be used, fieldname must be in the relation table.

applyFuncToRecords

Property

applyFuncToRecords

Data type

Boolean

Description

If true the function defined by the “func” attribute is applied to each record of a double selector in the single view.

Default

0

content

Property

content

Data type

SQL SELECT statement

Description

SQL SELECT statement must have an alias "uid" and an alias "label" which will be used as the value to display. Special markers can be used in the statement :

  • ###uid### will be replaced by the current record uid.
  • ###uidSelected### will be replaced by the selected item.
  • ###user### will be replaced by the user id.
  • ###cruser### will be replaced by the user id.

The following example returns a selectorbox with the usernames that are linked with the user by a MM relation:

content =
SELECT fe_users.uid as uid, fe_users.name as label
FROM tx_mytable_rel_myfield_mm,fe_users
WHERE tx_mytable_rel_myfields_mm.uid_local=###user###
AND tx_mytable_rel_myfields_mm.uid_foreign=fe_users.uid
ORDER by label;

groupBySelect

Property

groupBySelect

Data type

String

Description

Defines the GROUP BY clause for the selector.

labelSelect

Property

labelSelect

Data type

Field name

Description

Defines the label from the field name for the selector.

orderSelect

Property

orderSelect

Data type

String

Description

Define the order clause for the selector. In general: fieldname [desc].

overrideEnableFields

Property

overrideEnableFields

Data type

Boolean

Description

If set, the method enableFields of the class tslib_cObj which filters out records with start/end times or hidden/fe_groups fields is not applied to the query associated with the selectorbox.

It may be used in specific cases when you needed to retreive all the records.

Default

0

overrideStartingPoint

Property

overrideStartingPoint

Data type

Boolean

Description

By default, when starting points are provided, information associated with the selector is searched in these page. This property overrides the default behavior.

Default

0

separator

Property

separator

Data type

String

Description

It should be used when the max number of relations is greater than 1 (not true MM-relation) to replace the default <br /> separator between items in showAll or showSingle views.

singleWindow

Property

singleWindow

Data type

Boolean

Description

In case of a MM relation, a double window is used to select items. When this option is used, a single selectorbox in multiple mode is used.

Default

0

specialFields

Property

specialFields

Data type

comma-separated list of fields

Description

The value of the fields will be propagated in the ###special[fieldname]### marker when available.

whereSelect

Property

whereSelect

Data type

String

Description

Defines the WHERE clause for the selector. It can be:

  • a conventional MySQL clause.- The marker ###user### can be used. It will be replaced by the user uid.- The marker ###uid### can be used. it will be replaced by the main current record.- The marker ###CURRENT_PID### can be used. It will be replaced by the current page uid.- The marker ###STORAGE_PID### can be used. It will be replaced by the storage page uid.
  • ###group_list = list_of_comma_separed_fe_groups###. To be used with a selector on fe_users. It checks if the user belongs to the group list.
  • ###group_list != list_of_comma_separed_fe_groups###. To be used with a selector on fe_users. It checks if the user does not belong to the group list.