[fpc-devel] fcl-web webdata ExtJS "total" field question

[ABorka]

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>>> Well, I have no idea. As far as I know, the 'total' is only needed for
>>> display purposes in a paging grid. You'd need to run a second query
>>> which
>>> counts the number of records that would be returned if no paging was
>>> requested.
>>>
>>> Michael.
>>
>> I understand.
>> However, how do we send back our own "total" we got from our second
>> query? How do we append/update it into the response?
>
> Good point.
>>
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>> It seems we need to manipulate the tmemorystream that is generated by
>> the formatter? Maybe we should make this a little bit easier for
>> developers somehow.
>
> Yes. I don't think you should manipulate the stream; it is too slow.
>
> I will add an 'AfterFormatResult' or so event; Likewise I will add a
> AfterRow event, so it is possible to append extra data to a row. I think
> we should do this for both XML and JSON, so the row/response elements
> can easily be accessed. The question is now, a) do I make this a
> TNotifyEvent, and make a Property Response/CurrentRow which can be used
> or b) do I pass Response/CurrentRow to a new event handler type for
> these events ?
>
> Doing a) means I can introduce it at a higher level, but b) seems more
> clean.
>
> Michael.

Sounds good. For me personally, it does not matter either way, just need 
to make this work :) . If we can intercept/access these row/response 
elements in an easy way, I'm happy.

AB