Question

I am using jqGrid to show data in tabular format, using JSP and servlet.

EDIT

I want to show errors from server, when operations like insert, update, delete are performed. (datatype: "xml")

JQGrid

jQuery("#list10_d").jqGrid({
                height:250,
                width:600,
                url:'Assignment?action=Assign',
                datatype: "xml",
                colNames:['Sr. No.','PID',  'DATE',  'EMPID'],
                colModel:[{name:'srNo',index:'srNo', width:30,sortable:false},
                           {name:'PID',index:'PID',width:0, sortable:true,editable:false},
                           {name:'DATE',index:'DATE', width:75,sortable:true,editable:true,editoptions: { dataInit: function(el) { setTimeout(function() { $(el).datepicker({dateFormat:"dd-M-yy",showButtonPanel: true,changeYear: true,changeMonth: true}).attr('readonly','readonly'); }, 200); }}},
                           {name:'EMPID',index:'EMPID', width:150,sortable:true,editable:true}
                           ],
                rowNum:10,
                rowList:[10,20,50,100],
                pager: '#pager10_d',
                sortname: 'PID',
                viewrecords: true,
                sortorder: "asc",

                    },
                multiselect: true,
                editurl: "Assignment?action=Edit",
                caption:"Assignment"
            } ).navGrid('#pager10_d',{edit:false,add:true,del:false,addtext:'Assign '},
                    {},
                    {modal:true,jqModal: false,closeOnEscape:true,savekey: [true,13],closeOnEscape:true, recreateForm: true,width:500,mtype:'POST', url: 'Assignment',editData:{action: 'Assign',PID: function () {return PID;}}, 
                afterSubmit: function (response) {
                        alert('After Submit \n' +'statusText: '+ response.statusText);
                        var myInfo = '<div class="ui-state-highlight ui-corner-all">'+
                                     '<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-info" ' +
                                         'style="float: left; margin-right: .3em;"></span>' +
                                     response.statusText + 'Inserted'+
                                     '</div>',
                             $infoTr = $("#TblGrid_" + $.jgrid.jqID(this.id) + ">tbody>tr.tinfo"),
                            $infoTd = $infoTr.children("td.topinfo"); 
                        $infoTd.html(myInfo);
                        $infoTr.show();

                        // display status message to 3 sec only
                        setTimeout(function () {
                            $infoTr.slideUp("slow");
                        }, 5000);

                        return [true, "", ""]; // response should be interpreted as successful
                    },
                    errorTextFormat: function (response) {
                    alert('Error Text Format: \n' +'statusText: '+ response.statusText);

                        return '<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert" ' +
                                     'style="float:left; margin-right:.3em;"></span>' +
                                    response.statusText;},
                    {closeOnEscape:true, recreateForm: true,mtype: 'POST',url: 'Assignment',delData: {action: 'Delete',PID: function () {return PID;}}},
                    {}) ;

Servlet Code

if(request.getParameter("action").equalsIgnoreCase("Assign"))
        {
            PID = request.getParameter("PID");
            String DATE= request.getParameter("DATE");
            String EMPID= request.getParameter("EMPID");

            String query = "insert into ASSIGN(PID,DATE,EMPID) values('"+ PID +"','"+ DATE +"','"+ EMPID"')";
            boolean b = insert.InsertData(query);
            if(b)
            {
                System.out.println("New record added successfully! : "+query);
                response.setContentType("text/xml");
                response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");

                //response.sendError(200, "success");
                response.setStatus(200, "Inserted successfully");

            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Failed to add Record! : "+query);
                response.setContentType("text/xml");
                response.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");

                //response.sendError(399, "not Inserted successfully");   
                response.setStatus(404, "Error while inserting");   
            }           
        }//INSERT

for above example

• after inserting record from jqgrid, then No message is shown in
  grid if record is inserted successfully
• error Status: 'Unauthorized'. Error code: 401 is shown if servlet fails to insert record in database.

My Question is that:

• after inserting record from jqgrid, if the record is inserted then how should i show message giving information to user that data is inserted.
• and how should I give message to user that Error while inserting (which error code should i use for this?)

Thanks in advance…..

Answer 1

I suggested in the old answer and in another one to use existing hidden row of grid form (tr.tinfo) to display information which is not error. Because the answers are not well known I repeat the same information here, but I’ll try to explain all more detailed.

First of all it’s important to understand which elements has the standard Edit/Add form. Using Developer Tools of IE or Chrome, Firebug or many other tool one can easy find out that the Add/Edit form created by jqGrid contains two hidden rows on top of the form:

The first row will be used per default as the place for error message. One can use errorTextFormat to customize the information a little.

If the server response contains error HTTP status code (>=400) then the callback errorTextFormat will be called and you can use

errorTextFormat: function (response) {
    return response.responseText;
}

or something like

errorTextFormat: function (response) {
    return '<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert" ' +
                 'style="float:left; margin-right:.3em;"></span>' +
                response.responseText;
}

to display error message like

In the same way one can use afterSubmit callback to display status message after submitting of edited/added data if the server response contains successful HTTP status code. The implementation of afterSubmit could be about the following

afterSubmit: function (response) {
    var myInfo = '<div class="ui-state-highlight ui-corner-all">'+
                 '<span class="ui-icon ui-icon-info" ' +
                     'style="float: left; margin-right: .3em;"></span>' +
                 response.responseText +
                 '</div>',
        $infoTr = $("#TblGrid_" + $.jgrid.jqID(this.id) + ">tbody>tr.tinfo"),
        $infoTd = $infoTr.children("td.topinfo");
    $infoTd.html(myInfo);
    $infoTr.show();

    // display status message to 3 sec only
    setTimeout(function () {
        $infoTr.slideUp("slow");
    }, 3000);

    return [true, "", ""]; // response should be interpreted as successful
}

The code will display the status message for 3 sec only abd then uses jQuery.slideUp animation to hide it. It will look like

I hope it’s what you need.