[rt-users] Custom fields: pull info from a database?

[Rodney Rindels]

On 5/18/06, Nate Carlson <natecars at natecarlson.com> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to have a Custom Field populated by info from a database or
> something along those lines? I'd like to be able to define it as a
> dropdown box that the user can pick an item from, but am not finding any
> docs on how to go about this.. figured I'd ask before going to read the
> source.  :)
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
>
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> | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com |
> |       depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981            |
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 If your just needing this for GUI support in 3.4, its pretty simple to do,
> just make sure your table is DBI::SearchBuilder sane, create the binding in
> a mason component or custom module,  and overlay the CustomField you need to
> manipulate setting its form properties as RT expects for the post.
>
> Rodney
>
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