lib/clevic/field.rb in clevic-0.13.0.b6 vs lib/clevic/field.rb in clevic-0.13.0.b9

@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@
     meta.andand.association?
   end
   
   # Clevic::ModelColumn object
   def meta
-    entity_class.meta[attribute]
+    entity_class.meta[attribute] || ModelColumn.new( attribute, {} )
   end
   
   # return true if this field can be used in a filter
   # virtual fields (ie those that don't exist in this field's
   # table) can't be used to filter on.
@@ -485,30 +485,30 @@
   end
 
   # sensible display format defaults if they're not defined.
   def default_format!
     @format ||=
-    case meta.type
+    case meta.andand.type
       when :time; '%H:%M'
       when :date; '%d-%h-%y'
       when :datetime; '%d-%h-%y %H:%M:%S'
       when :decimal, :float; "%.2f"
     end
   end
   
   # sensible edit format defaults if they're not defined.
   def default_edit_format!
     @edit_format ||=
-    case meta.type
+    case meta.andand.type
       when :date; '%d-%h-%Y'
       when :datetime; '%d-%h-%Y %H:%M:%S'
     end || default_format!
   end
 
   # sensible alignment defaults if they're not defined.
   def default_alignment!
     @alignment ||=
-    case meta.type
+    case meta.andand.type
       when :decimal, :integer, :float; :right
       when :boolean; :centre
       else :left
     end
   end