Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - Two document datasources on one page, how to save just one?

Mar 11, 2011, 9:54 PM

41 Posts

Re: Two document datasources on one page, how to save just one?

There are several ways to address this, but the easiest is to execute SSJS that refers to the target data source by name. For example:

<xp:panel>

<xp:this.data>

<xp:dominoDocument var="secondDataSource" form="someForm" />

</xp:this.data>

<xp:button value="Save Second Data Source" id="button1">

<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"

refreshMode="complete">

<xp:this.action><![CDATA[#{javascript:secondDataSource.save();}]]></xp:this.action>

</xp:eventHandler>

</xp:button>

</xp:panel>

This should only cause the named data source to save. If you make the save event a partial refresh targeting just the panel that contains the target data source, and set the event to partial execution mode, that should skip validation for components bound to the other data source.

~Karl Froresazenlen

Mar 12, 2011, 8:26 AM

149 Posts

Re: Two document datasources on one page, how to save just one?

You also need to set the data source scope to "request"

http://blog.youatnotes.de/web/youatnotes/blog-jb.nsf/dx/calling-xpage-gurus-submit-button-to-submit-only-one-datasource-instead-of-all-datasources.htm?opendocument&comments

Good Luck

Thomas

~Arnold Minreternivu

Mar 12, 2011, 10:00 PM

41 Posts

only if you want the secondary form automatically cleared after saving

When setting a data source scope to request, that means a new "document" is created with each event. So that's useful for pages like blog entries where the entry itself is the primary data source and the secondary source is for adding comments... but in situations where both data sources need to respond to events, the scope needs to be left as the default (view).