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Child to Parent Relationship Query on a VF "New" page

 

I am trying to use a child-to-parent relationship to obain a Name value from the parent object on a "new" VisualForce page.

 

The child object is Data_Transaction__c and the parent object is Data_Activity__c.

 

The field Data_Activity__c is selected by a user and triggers a rerendering of the page. I then need to use the value of Data_Transaction__c.Data_Activity__r.Name as criteria for rendering the portion of the page appropriate for the selected Data Activity. Problem is Data_Transaction__c.Data_Activity__r.Name is null because the record is not actually saved yet. If I try to use just Data_Transaction__c.Data_Activity__c, it evaluates to the 18 character Id of the selected Data_Activity__c object.

 

Any suggestions on an alternative approach? Code sample below.

 

 

 

<apex:page standardController="Data_Transaction__c"  sidebar="false" id="thePage">

  <apex:sectionHeader title="Data Transaction Edit"subtitle="New Data Transaction"/>

  <apex:form id="theForm">

    <apex:pageBlock title="Data Transaction Edit" id="thePageBlock"mode="edit">

      <apex:pageMessages rendered="false"/>

      <apex:pageBlockButtons >

        <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/>

        <apex:commandButton value="Cancel" action="{!cancel}"/>

      </apex:pageBlockButtons>

      <apex:actionRegion >

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Data Transaction Information"columns="1">

          <apex:outputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.Production_Number__c}"/>

          <apex:pageBlockSectionItem >

            <apex:outputLabel value="Activity Type"/>

            <apex:outputPanel >

              <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.Data_Activity__c}">

                <apex:actionSupport event="onchange"

                                    rerender="thePanel"

                                    status="status"/>

              </apex:inputField>

 

              <apex:actionStatus startText="     Updating..."

                                 id="status"/>

            </apex:outputPanel>

          </apex:pageBlockSectionItem>

         </apex:pageBlockSection>

      </apex:actionRegion>

      <apex:outputPanel id="thePanel">

      <apex:pageBlockSection title="Mortgage Details" columns="1" rendered="{!Data_Transaction__c.Data_Activity__r.Name == 'Mortgage'}">

        <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.AS400__c}" rendered="{!Data_Transaction__c.Transaction_Type__c == 'Completed Work'}"/>   

        <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.HDES__c}" rendered="{!Data_Transaction__c.Transaction_Type__c == 'Completed Work'}"/>

        <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.Not_Processed__c}" rendered="{!Data_Transaction__c.Transaction_Type__c == 'Completed Work'}" label="Canceled"/>

        <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.Items__c}" required="true"/>              

        <apex:inputField value="{!Data_Transaction__c.Hours__c}" required="{!Data_Transaction__c.Transaction_Type__c == 'Completed Work'}" rendered="{!Data_Transaction__c.Transaction_Type__c == 'Completed Work'}"/>

      </apex:pageBlockSection>

 

sforce2009sforce2009

use extensions class... set a boolean value based on the Activity in the action method and use this boolean value to render the panel.