Changing the displayed linked field in the data editing view doesn't complete

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to the data editing view of a table with a linked field
2. Change the field to be displayed in the linked field field (as it were)
3. See the 'loading' symbol whirring away for ever, without actually replacing 
the data in the relevant field with the contents of the newly selected linked 
field.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The data in the linked field should be updated to that in the column selected

Please use labels and text to provide additional information.
Occurring in both Firefox and Chrome (not tested in IE)
Dev 0.10.beta - 3449

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jajwil...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 9:59

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This is probably a duplicate of Issue 483. Can you link me to the database 
where you're seeing the problem?

Original comment by marxjohn...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:03

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It seems that this bug is not completely consistent. When I tried altering the 
displayed linked field in a copy of Mondial in a project that I owned, the 
update process did complete. When I tried altering the column displayed in a 
more recently created project, owned by Dave, then the linked field display 
didn't finish updating.

Original comment by jajwil...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:06

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I've just created a new project and uploaded a new version of Mondial. I'm not 
getting this problem in the new DB - it's only in the project that Dave shared 
with me, where I'm not the owner, that changing the displayed column is not 
working.

Original comment by jajwil...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:18

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What role do you have on that project?

Original comment by marxjohn...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:19

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The problem occurs for a project when you're only a viewer, since the servlet 
that handles submission of the forms where the reference fields reside only 
allows admins or contributors to submit data.

Original comment by marxjohn...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:29

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Fixed, viewers are now allowed to select a new referenced field.

Looking at the bigger picture, we might want to think about how we're 
presenting the data to user's who aren't allowed to edit. Currently we're 
giving them a form which looks like they're allowed to do whatever they like, 
really we should be giving them a read-only view (such as that provided by the 
query builder?).

Original comment by marxjohn...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:32

• Changed state: Fixed

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That's a very good point. I'll add it as an issue for future action.

Original comment by jajwil...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2014 at 10:35