Ajax table view doensn't work with model_function columns

model_function, model_function_attribute columns doesn’t use actual db columns, so this causes an issue in search() function in trait AjaxTable:

        $columns = collect($this->crud->columns)
                    ->reject(function ($column, $key) {
                        // the select_multiple columns are not searchable
                        return isset($column['type']) && $column['type'] == 'select_multiple';
                    })
                    ->pluck('name')
                    // add the primary key, otherwise the buttons won't work
                    ->merge($this->crud->model->getKeyName())
                    ->toArray();

        // structure the response in a DataTable-friendly way
        $dataTable = new \LiveControl\EloquentDataTable\DataTable($this->crud->query, $columns);

This code tries to select non-existent fields from entity table. I think that the right thing would be to replace “reject” method with “filter” and list the types of fields out there that use the real database fields (so user defined types also will work) like that:

$columns = collect($this->crud->columns)
            ->filter(function ($column, $key) {
                return isset($column['type']) && in_array($column['type'], [
                    'array',
                    'array_count',
                    'boolean',
                    'check',
                    'multidimensional_array',
                    'radio',
                    'text',
                    'select',
                    'video'
                ]);
            })
            ->pluck('name')
            // add the primary key, otherwise the buttons won't work
            ->merge($this->crud->model->getKeyName())
            ->toArray();

[indra1]

@adbmdp yeah, I think I fixed it, but i’m still testing. I will let you know when we’re done. You can checkout my solution here: https://github.com/indra1/CRUD (check the AjaxTrait.php file)

[indra1]

@MDEvo he is a she. And yes, I removed a library and I added some functions @tabacitu it works, but I would like to test it for two more days. Sorry for the delay, I was caught up in something else. I also want to try to change the search function to allow it to sort by relations as well. Edit: found a bug, and fixed it. I have the package loaded in a project now and besides that bug all seams to be well.

Do you guys have any proposals for that?

Edit: some people were saying it’s kind of slow so i’d like to look into that as well. Please let me know your thoughts