Can't set value of select type field in form for edit

I've combed over the docs, tried a lot of things, and I cannot see any way to set the value of a search field using select and option_source in an edit form.

It works fine from scratch on my add form to make a new record, but in the edit form on an existing record this field always comes up blank. I've tried setting value, selected, and label_value at the row level in the form SQL, I've tried using some json like this (per a forum post):

select 'json' as component;

SELECT 
  tracks.id AS value, 
  tracks.title AS label,
  tracks.id = CAST($track_key AS INT) AS selected
FROM tracks
WHERE lower(title) LIKE '%' || lower($search) || '%';

But that fails with an error message saying that the json array only supports label and value keys.

So how exactly does one successfully use a select type with a pre-set value for edit?

thanks!

Hi !

Thanks for the detailed report.

There is no clean way to do what you want with options source, but here is a workaround:

select 'shell' as component, 'options_source edit workaround' as title;

select 'text' as component, 'Edit record with remote-search select' as title;

select 'form' as component, 'Submit' as validate, 'post' as method, 'index.sql' as action;

select
    'select' as type,
    'track_id' as name,
    'Track' as label,
    id as value,
    true as searchable,
    'tracks.sql' as options_source,
    json_group_array(json_object('value', id, 'label', title)) as options,
    'The current edit value is preloaded, and more options load as you search.' as description
from tracks
where id = 2;

I'll see if we can have a proper fix in the next version

I ended up updating just the documentation. I think combining options and options_source is actually a good solution.

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