I am reviewing a number of no-code platforms and I am concerned with the rapid releases of Wappler there is no solid revision control, as what I have seen in the Forum does not match the current Wappler and even the Intro To Wappler, and I have seen numerous issues with dynamic data and the bootstrap table generator, and I am only working with the “Hello World Dynamic” section of the training videos and it does not work, When you create the server action and generate the BS4 Dynamic table all I get is the header row. If I go to the Database tool and fetch the data, I can see 20 rows of data (cars). So not sure what the difference is. Other than there are a number of actions in the earlier demos that as of the Nov release are no longer needed or available.
So not sure why the table generator is only returning the header row. I have tried deleting the server connect and creating a new server connect a couple of times, with the same result. However, this last time I actually got an error " Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404". That is not expected, given that everything in the training video is setup with a single container on docker, so self contained. What is wors is it does not tell you what resource failed to load.
Not encouraging when a basic hello world training video does not actually work.
Can someone direct me to a current December 2020 how to. OR the bug fix.
The other problem I see with the default cars data. Instead of pointing at cars I created another query and this time pointed at the images table, except I found that the “Data Binding” does not show any data for the table:
And when I view the data I have to fetch to see the data, before it shows any data.
I believe I got the cars table to show a triangle beside Data by adding a couple of rows. But even that did not enable the BS4 Table Generator to show anything other than the header row.
I know there has been some discussions about what is stored locally and what is stored on a server, but everything I am working on should be local. And I don’t know how to check or fix.
The BS Table Generator works just fine. Let’s see what we might discover might be causing the issue you are having.
First, please provide the following:
Wappler Version
Server Type (php, asp, nodejs, etc)
Database Type (mysql, sql, etc)
Hosting Type (docker, remote, mamp, xamp, etc)
Secondly, could you you click the server action that has the query used to generate the BS Table and then click on the “Open in browser” button at the top of the server actions and see what the output is.
If there are results shown when you click on “Open in browser”, please let us know.
Repeat the same steps for the images that you are trying to retrieve.
After that, please take a screenshot of your server action and post it here so we can see how you have it set up.
I am not impressed with how flakey Wappler appears to be.
I am using Wappler 3.5.7, Docker hosting, NodeJS v14.15.0 and whatever mysql gets installed into the Docker container. There was no indicaton that there was a need to separately download a database. I would prefer to use Firestore… but I know Wappler doesnot have that ability.
When I run the system check it says everything is running fine, although as I scroll back I do not see any reference to checking MySQL. But it does show that it creates the database, and in the database tool it does show 4 tables, and when you run the fetch it does show data, but not until you run the fetch,.
And as you can see I have tried to rebuild this tutorial project, now for a 3rd time and I get the same errors each time. And all I really wanted to test was ability to connect to API end points on a variety of cloud services and ultimately my client’s business transformation platform.
So I am running out of enthusiasm for using Wappler as a dev tool, unless there is a clear explanation of what is going on.
Also I see you are on an older version. I don’t have Globals option. And in the version I just rebuilt here is what I get for the SC and the BS4 Table Generator.
You might have missed it, but its a HUGE section on mysql when you set up the target. Click on the gear icon next to Development and then click on targets. Also, you see it in checking the mysql Output right there in your screen shot when it says node_world_3_development_db_1 .... done. "db" in this case means database and "done" means initialized.
The database manager only fetches the data when you click on it, otherwise you would be constantly pulling data when you don't need to be.
Please don't make statements you don't understand. I am on Wappler 3.5.7 which means I am on the current version and I also have experimental mode on which means I have things active that you do not, which is why I have globals and you don't.
Your most recent screenshot tells me all I need to know. There is an error in your server action because it is not showing the data that it needs to. For example, on a paged query, you should see something like this.
The course you are referencing was made with the Experimental Features option of Wappler turned on, in order to get the new features included. It is certainly possible that things will operate differently without those experimental features turned on.
Actually, @erik, I just relook at your screenshot and I see the error now.
Please add a database connection prior to your query. Since you do not have experimental mode on, you do not have access to the global database connection and you need to add a database connection prior to each query.
To add a database connection, right click on the step and go to database actions, then click on database connection.
Scott,
Please do not take exception with your customer, you create further doubt and insecurity, which is not helpful.
The last image I uploaded shows you that I do not have any data under the Server Connect - there is no triangle by the Data tag. So I cannot expand it. The way I got it to expand last time, was to go back to the Database control on the left side and add rows to the table. But even that did not enable the BS4 Table Generator to show anymore than the header row.
This time, I even selected the toggle button to load test data, yet I still do not see any data.
You can see the database connection on the left and hte fact that there is no triangle on the Data element in the Server Connect view - so then it throws an error because there are no rows available.
While I am honored to have been mistaken for a part of the staff of Wappler. I am not. I am a community volunteer that tries to help people, however, I also ask a lot of questions myself.
I don't take exception with you, I take exception with how you presented your problem. You made entirely inaccurate statements and assumptions in an aggressive manner.
In the future, a better way of going about things would be to say "I have a problem, this is not working. This is what I have done so far." That will get you a more pleasant response than they way you did it.
