Add listener when try to remove a data that is related with other entity

[eerison]

Add flash message for ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException

When I try to remove a data that is related with other entity I'm getting an internal server error of ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException

I was thinking to add a listener for this exception and add a flash message with the error! do you see any problem it be into the sonata code or should it be into my code?

[VincentLanglet]

Can you give us more details about this exception. Do you know where it's thrown ?

Because we're already catching ModelManagerThrowable in the CRUDController

Which is supposed to be thrown here: https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle/blob/4.x/src/Model/ModelManager.php#L96-L108

If we add custom logic, it won't be on sonata admin but on sonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle, since ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException is doctrineOrm related. And it's already supposed to be caught and throw as a ModelManagerThrowable...

[eerison]

Hey @VincentLanglet

it's the exception

Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\
ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException
An exception occurred while executing a query: SQLSTATE[23503]: Foreign key violation: 7 ERROR: update or delete on table "category" violates foreign key constraint "fk_64c19c1727aca70" on table "category" DETAIL: Key (id)=(2) is still referenced from table "category".

sonata packages

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sonata-project/block-bundle              4.10.0                          4.10.0                          Symfony SonataBlockBundle
sonata-project/cache                     2.2.0                           2.2.0                           Cache library
sonata-project/doctrine-extensions       1.16.0                          1.16.0                          Doctrine2 behavioral extensions
sonata-project/doctrine-orm-admin-bundle 4.2.5                           4.2.6                           Integrate Doctrine ORM into the SonataAdminBundle
sonata-project/exporter                  2.11.0                          2.11.0                          Lightweight Exporter library
sonata-project/form-extensions           1.13.1                          1.13.1                          Symfony form extensions
sonata-project/twig-extensions           1.9.1                           1.9.1                           Sonata twig extensions

[VincentLanglet]

@eerison Ok, so it's already caught by Sonata:

The error is caught here: https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataDoctrineORMAdminBundle/blob/595960b96f6a3c234141ffa8bc4e8bb9ea1d15a9/src/Model/ModelManager.php#L102-L107

Then, it's handled here: https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle/blob/89cac165682046f0fb4b59d1662902f0304aef03/src/Controller/CRUDController.php#L242-L257

The method handle throwable is here: https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle/blob/4.x/src/Controller/CRUDController.php#L1083-L1096

In debug, it throws the exception, but in production you just log the error so it will add a flash message "an error occured" with https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle/blob/89cac165682046f0fb4b59d1662902f0304aef03/src/Controller/CRUDController.php#L174-L177

Maybe what could be change is the fact that the handleModelManagerThrowable could return a string instead of void.

• If you return null, the default message is used
• If you return a string, your message is used

Then you could do "If the previous exeption is a ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException" I use my custom message.

WDYT ?

[eerison]

Yeah can be, but should be good return something like "This "object" is related with others data." or something like this, because if the user see "an error occured" only, he won't know what is the problem!

[VincentLanglet]

Yeah can be, but should be good return something like "This "object" is related with others data." or something like this, because if the user see "an error occured" only, he won't know what is the problem!

You think like a developer. An object or a relation is something talking to you. For some project the admin can be something usable by every one, even customers. Sending a too much technical message is not a good idea in those case.

So Sonata have to go with a generic message, and will let open the ability to override/change it.

Do you want to make the Pr to allow handleModelManagerThrowable to return a string ?

[eerison]

Yeah can be, but should be good return something like "This "object" is related with others data." or something like this, because if the user see "an error occured" only, he won't know what is the problem!

You think like a developer. An object or a relation is something talking to you. For some project the admin can be something usable by every one, even customers. Sending a too much technical message is not a good idea in those case.

So Sonata have to go with a generic message, and will let open the ability to override/change it.

Do you want to make the Pr to allow handleModelManagerThrowable to return a string ?

I see, well I'm working on admin V3, I can't do that now :/

[VincentLanglet]

I'm doing it in https://github.com/sonata-project/SonataAdminBundle/pull/7761 then.