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Re-ordering and collapsing all but latest of multiple records
March 25, 2010, 10:49:42 am
We have a multiple record field that is used to capture the 'current' information regarding residence - when they move a new record is created. We would like the newest record to be at top, whereas default it adds to the bottom - and ideally would collapse all but the newest record - any suggestions? tks
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Re: Re-ordering and collapsing all but latest of multiple records
March 25, 2010, 12:55:16 pm

Check the SFSchool module. i've done something similar for a multiple custom group record and rearrange the order of fields in the tpl. I do some sorting in the php code to make the tpl code trivial

ping me on IRC for more details (or search for customdataview in the .module)

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Re: Re-ordering and collapsing all but latest of multiple records
March 30, 2010, 02:21:39 am
Thanks Lobo - it looks like because of the limitations around searching and importing we will go for a simple field instead.

If we aren't worried about data loss, is there any downsides/risks to just changing the field type in the back end from multiple to non-multiple?
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Re: Re-ordering and collapsing all but latest of multiple records
March 30, 2010, 06:28:04 am

no harm in doing so in the DB. You should also  add a UNIQUE constraint to the entity_id field if you switch to a single value field

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