Posted by kwfinken on April 9, 2013 at 7:12pm
I am attempting to link the views module to an external database. I have placed the following in hoursdb.module and have an associated hoursdb.info file. When I create a new view, an error appears saying SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'times.nid' in 'field list'
. (The attached image shows the SQL that the views module generated and the error.) What is views looking for and how do I either give it to views or get views to stop asking for it?
I did try adding a "fake" field in the module listing but that didn't work.
BTW, I don't have access to add any fields to the external database.
<?php
/
* @file
* Exposes the hours database to be used in a view.
*/
/
* Implements hook_views_data()
*/
function hoursdb_views_data() {
$data = array(
'times' => array(
// ...info about the table named 'times'...
'table' => array(
'group' => t('MSUL: Hours'),
'base' => array (
'field' => 'id',
'title' => 'hoursdb_hours',
'database' => 'hours_db',
),
'join' => array(
'units' => array(
'left_field' => 'id',
'field' => 'unit_id',
),
),
),
'date' => array(
'title' => t('Date'),
'help' => t('date to which these hours apply'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
'click sortable' => TRUE,
),
'filter' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_date'
),
'sort' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_sort'
),
),
'time_start' => array(
'title' => t('Start Time'),
'help' => t('time the unit opens for the day'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
),
),
'time_end' => array(
'title' => t('End Time'),
'help' => t('time the unit closes for the day'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
),
),
'closed_time_start' => array(
'title' => t('Closed Start Time'),
'help' => t('optional time the unit closes temporarily (e.g. lunch)'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
),
),
'closed_time_end' => array(
'title' => t('Closed End Time'),
'help' => t('optional time the unit re-opens (e.g. after lunch)'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
),
),
'approved' => array(
'title' => t('Approved Date/Time'),
'help' => t('When this item was approved. Latest approval wins.'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
'click sortable' => TRUE,
),
'filter' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_filter_date'
),
'sort' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_sort'
),
),
'unit_id' => array(
'title' => t('Unit Reference'),
'help' => t('reference to Unit that these hours apply to'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_date',
),
'sort' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_sort'
),
),
'tba' => array(
'title' => t('Hours TBA'),
'help' => t('if true, indicates that the hours are not yet set for the day'),
'field' => array(
'handler' => 'views_handler_field_boolean',
),
),
),
'units' => array(
// ...info about the table named 'units'...
'table' => array(
'group' => t('MSUL: Hours'),
'base' => array (
'field' => 'id',
'title' => 'hoursdb_units',
'database' => 'hours_db',
),
'join' => array(
'times' => array(
'left_field' => 'unit_id',
'field' => 'id',
),
),
),
),
);
return $data;
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