[FX.php List] Strange FX behavior

[Dale Bengston]

Hey Bob,

Just to be clear - are you talking about the fmxml privilege set  
necessary to use CWP? This would have to be added to any file  
supplying data to the web.

Dale


On May 1, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> Checked it... it's got XML turned on, although I wonder why it  
> would need to, since it's not actually being accessed directly.
>
> Does XML *really* have to be turned on even though the related file  
> isn't talking to FX.php?
>
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> On May 1, 2007, at 10:49 AM, David Ness wrote:
>
>> Remember, to return a value that's derived from a relationship,  
>> the related file must be authorized for fx.php access, also.
>>
>> --
>> David Ness,
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>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list- 
>> bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:30 AM
>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] Strange FX behavior
>>
>> Here's something interesting.
>>
>> I can try everything with this database to return these  
>> problematic fields, but I think I know now why they won't return:
>>
>> The client has <apparently> created some convoluted relationship  
>> to pull this name into this record; here's the message I see when  
>> I try to toggle indexing on this record:
>>
>> <image removed>
>>
>> I suspect this is why FX won't return it. The name it's trying to  
>> pull in is a calc field that concatenates first & last name, and  
>> was indexed; I tried toggling the indexing just to see if it would  
>> matter, which it didn't.
>>
>> I've used related fields a million times in FX, so I know it's not  
>> just that... any thoughts? :)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On May 1, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> Erik tossed out a lot of good things to try. Another one is  
>>> permissions. Does your web user in FMP have access to the new  
>>> layout you created?
>>>
>>> I have also had some success with selecting the fields on the  
>>> layout that don't show up and choosing Bring to Front. Don't know  
>>> if that's just crazy or what.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> On May 1, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 1, 2007, at 12:46 AM, Erik Andreas Cayré wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There have been a few similar cases on the list, where the  
>>>>> problem was a damaged layout...
>>>>> Have you tried creating a new layout?
>>>>
>>>> Tried it, didn't help.
>>>>
>>>>> Are you searching on one layout and returning using another  
>>>>> layout?
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>>> Have you checked permissions aren't customised (limited acces  
>>>>> to some fields)?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think that's the problem.
>>>>
>>>>> Do you get an error from FX?
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>>> How does the raw return data from FX look?
>>>>> Are you positve the Filemaker file in question has never crashed?
>>>>
>>>> Who knows... these files are such a mess. Today I'm going to try  
>>>> doing a query for that particular record, and just that one  
>>>> field, which I'm going to put on a test layout... very annoying.
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