Last modified: 2012-02-22 03:27:18 UTC
Special:RunQuery forms do not work with #formlink. Links to Special:RunQuery forms need to be created as full URLs (protocol relative in MW 1.18+) with external wiki link syntax: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links#External_links_to_internal_pages or with the fullurl magic word: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#URL_data Both of those methods require the use of the plainlinks class to suppress the external link icon, like this: <span class="plainlinks">[//path/to//index.php/Special:RunQuery/form|template%5Bfield%5D=preload_data link text]</span> or this: <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:RunQuery/form|template%5Bfield%5D=preload_data}} link text]</span> The Semantic Forms #formlink parser function seems to simplify the above two native MediaWiki constructs, and add some features specific to Semantic Forms: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms/Linking_to_forms#Using_.23formlink The documentation does not say anything about Special:RunQuery forms not being compatible with #formlink, so I assume that is either a bug or an oversight. I assume it was an oversight.
What would you suggest as a syntax for such a call?
My intuitive guess when I first tried it was to specify the form as: Special:RunQuery/form-name Where the "Special:RunQuery/" prefix can be used to detect how to handle the form link, like this: {{#formlink: form = Special:RunQuery/form-name | link text = Click this to go to a query form | query string = form-name[field1]=value1&form-name[field2]=value2 }}
I don't like it; I think a separate parameter would be better. Though I should note that you can already link to Special:RunQuery, with query string values, using {{fullurl}}: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#URL_data
(In reply to comment #3) > I don't like it; I think a separate parameter would be better. How about this: {{#formlink: form = form-name | form type = runquery | link text = Click this to go to a query form | query string = form-name[field1]=value1&form-name[field2]=value2 }} I supposed with a "form type" parameter syntax, it could make it possible to add other form types in the future, although I haven't thought of any specific possibilities for that yet. > Though I should note that you can already link to Special:RunQuery, with query > string values, using {{fullurl}}: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#URL_data Yes, I mentioned that in my original report. I wonder if a "form type=runquery" parameter in #formlink could be used to solve this also: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33426 Like this: {{#formlink: form = form-name | form type = runquery, embedded | query string = form-name[field1]=value1&form-name[field2]=value2 }} The link text parameter would have to be ignored, if present along with a form type=runquery, embedded. I think that's better than just transcluding embedded forms the way it's currently done, since the #formlink parser function could preload the form data on embedded forms.
Renamed to "#formlink should be able to link to Special:RunQuery" for clarity.
*** Bug 34309 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
MWJames posted a patch in attachment 9977 [details].
Marking as duplicate of the #queryformlink bug report. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 34309 ***
