[SOLVED] How is "name" derived in sale_view

ocset · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:08 pm **Posts:** 117

Hi

In the res_partner model/table, there is a field which holds the Partner name and the field is called "name" (not surprising)

Then there is this line of code in the sale_view.xml:

Code:

<field name="partner_id" on_change="onchange_partner_id(partner_id)" ...

that calls this onchange_partner_id method/function:

Code:

def onchange_partner_id(self, cr, uid, ids, part):
        if not part:
            return {'value': {'partner_invoice_id': False, 'partner_shipping_id': False, 'partner_order_id': False, 'payment_term': False, 'fiscal_position': False}}

        addr = self.pool.get('res.partner').address_get(cr, uid, [part], ['delivery', 'invoice', 'contact'])
        part = self.pool.get('res.partner').browse(cr, uid, part)
        pricelist = part.property_product_pricelist and part.property_product_pricelist.id or False
        payment_term = part.property_payment_term and part.property_payment_term.id or False
        fiscal_position = part.property_account_position and part.property_account_position.id or False
        dedicated_salesman = part.user_id and part.user_id.id or uid
        val = {
            'partner_invoice_id': addr['invoice'],
            'partner_order_id': addr['contact'],
            'partner_shipping_id': addr['delivery'],
            'payment_term': payment_term,
            'fiscal_position': fiscal_position,
            'user_id': dedicated_salesman,
        }
        if pricelist:
            val['pricelist_id'] = pricelist
        return {'value': val}

that somehow puts the contents of the "name" column into the "partner_id" field on the screen. How is that linked together since there is no mention of "name" anywhere and the partner_id is just an key field.

Thanks in advance
O.

gdaddy · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:37 pm

There is 2 parts to your question.

1. How does name turn up - well it would look very stupid if everytime we had a relation we just showed their database id wouldn't it? I sold 4 of product 3 to partner 6 on pricelist 1 to deliver to address 3 is quite difficult to understand. So by default there is a function called name_get which displays (by default, it can be changed) the contents of the name column.

2. None of this has anything to do with onchange, well except that it also call name_get for all of the fields it returns as the values are just relation id's.

ocset · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:08 pm **Posts:** 117

Thanks gdaddy - what I would give right now for your knowledge of OpenERP