Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of views_handler_field.inc).

Not necessarily correct.
We want the "format" column value, it is not present for some reason, and your code just returns the default column (which might be format, but it might be something else..).

What we need to figure out is which handler is calling the function with the wrong value.
Can you provide an exported view? Cause I'm having trouble reproducing.

Test this patch. It might not fix the notice, but it's definitely part of the final fix.

What about this patch?

I tried the patch in #9 and I still get :
Notice : Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 in (...)/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).

#3 For node views I believe I tracked down which call to 'get_value' is causing it. It's part of node edit links.

/views/module/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc

line 18:
$node->format = $this->get_value($values, 'format');
If I change that 'format' to 'format2' the error now complains about 'format2' to being the missing index.

Sorry, haven't got my head around the whole views thing yet, so no patch, but commenting out the line above seems to work...

Thanks, meatsack. This is the crucial info we need.

Looking at the get_values patch, the format call was added in it:

diff --git a/modules/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc b/modules/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc
index 3caf66d..b6bf4c3 100644
--- a/modules/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc
+++ b/modules/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ class views_handler_field_node_link_edit extends views_handler_field_node_link {
   function render_link($data, $values) {
     // ensure user has access to edit this node.
     $node = new stdClass();
-    $node->nid = $values->{$this->aliases['nid']};
-    $node->uid = $values->{$this->aliases['uid']};
-    $node->type = $values->{$this->aliases['type']};
+    $node->nid = $this->get_value($values, 'nid');
+    $node->uid = $this->get_value($values, 'uid');
+    $node->type = $this->get_value($values, 'type');
+    $node->format = $this->get_value($values, 'format');
     $node->status = 1; // unpublished nodes ignore access control
     if (!node_access('update', $node)) {
       return;

Same for the delete link.
dereine, do you know why? Yours was the first version of the patch.
Only the node links (ones for revisions as well) got the format added.

So, we either need to kill the added format lines, or actually make sure that the format column is added to the query.
Then merge those changes with mine in #6, and we're good to go.

subscribing

You basically can't trust me....
The only reason i could think of was a stupid c&p error.

Go ahead and provide a patch.

That's why we have -dev.
Though it would be nice if we had a usable release that's not -dev :)

@ #17 how do I run this patch??

cd views/
patch -p1 < 1091980.patch

I am still getting the following error

•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).

Here is the code, please any help .. I am in over my head ,,

function get_value($values, $field = NULL) {
738 $alias = isset($field) ? $this->aliases[$field] : $this->field_alias;
739 if (isset($values->{$alias})) {
740 return $values->{$alias};

@ #13

My code is not the same here is the /views/module/node/views_handler_field_node_link_edit.inc

1 <?php
2 /**
3 * Field handler to present a link node edit.
4 */
5 class views_handler_field_node_link_edit extends views_handler_field_node_link {
6 function construct() {
7 parent::construct();
8 $this->additional_fields['uid'] = 'uid';
9 $this->additional_fields['type'] = 'type';
10 }
11
12 function render_link($data, $values) {
13 // ensure user has access to edit this node.
14 $node = new stdClass();
15 $node->nid = $this->get_value($values, 'nid');
16 $node->uid = $this->get_value($values, 'uid');
17 $node->type = $this->get_value($values, 'type');
18 $node->status = 1; // unpublished nodes ignore access control
19 if (!node_access('update', $node)) {
20 return;
21 }
22
23 $this->options['alter']['make_link'] = TRUE;
24 $this->options['alter']['path'] = "node/$node->nid/edit";
25 $this->options['alter']['query'] = drupal_get_destination();
26
27 $text = !empty($this->options['text']) ? $this->options['text'] : t('edit');
28 return $text;
29 }
30 }

Patch #17 did nothing for me, same error..

@21
No, that one's fine.

Waiting for other people to test. Right now it seems that we have a 50% success rate :)

Changing title

That fixed the error for me -

any update on this problem for me .. please?

I applied the patch and didn't fix my problem..

•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).
•Notice: Undefined index: format in views_handler_field->get_value() (line 738 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/handlers/views_handler_field.inc).

views-7.x-3.x-dev

@ #30
a new version of 7.x-3.x-dev comes out every couple of days, as its just a development snapshot of that branch it doesn't get a unique version number each time. If you downloaded it from drupal.org it should have a line from the packaging script in the views.info file, something like:

; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2011-03-14

If you can find that line and tell us the date, we'll know what snapshot you're on.

Or someone can upload a patched archive for him to try...

I tested the patch and it fixed the problem with the notice.

3 confirmations. RTBC

@31

; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2011-03-14
version = "7.x-3.x-dev"
core = "7.x"
project = "views"
datestamp = "1300062218"

Let's get the current patch in. It solves the problem for most people, and is definitely needed.
If calbert's problem persists, we'll debug it separately (by providing a views export, which he didn't do so far)

Committed and pushed upstream.

@#36 how do I provide a view export?

Test first with the latest git version of views (or wait for dev until tomorrow). See if the problem is still there for you.
You have an export link in the views listing page, for each row (view).

Closing again until we have more data.

I removed the old views downloaded the new one .. and now I get this error

* Notice: Undefined variable: field in ViewsUiBaseViewsWizard->default_display_options() (line 521 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/plugins/views_wizard/views_ui_base_views_wizard.class.php).
* Notice: Undefined variable: field in ViewsUiBaseViewsWizard->default_display_options() (line 522 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/plugins/views_wizard/views_ui_base_views_wizard.class.php).
* Notice: Undefined variable: field in ViewsUiBaseViewsWizard->default_display_options() (line 519 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/plugins/views_wizard/views_ui_base_views_wizard.class.php).
* Notice: Undefined index: table in views_plugin_display->get_plugin() (line 708 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc).
* Notice: Undefined index: table in views_plugin_display->get_plugin() (line 708 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/plugins/views_plugin_display.inc).
* Notice: Undefined index: table in view->init_query() (line 571 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/includes/view.inc).

Accidental doublepost

Latest ctools means today's git (tomorrow's dev). Alpha4 has a bug causing module provided default views (such as the ones from drupal commerce) to not show up.

I still haven't gotten a views export from calbert which would help me help him.

Also, "needs review" means there's a patch. There's no patch here.
Closing this issue since you don't mention seeing the format error. New UI notices can be handled in a separate issue.

* Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$display_plugin in view->init_display() (line 239 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/includes/view.inc).
* Notice: Undefined index: table in view->init_query() (line 571 of /var/www/vhosts/metrosource/drupal-7.0/modules/views/includes/view.inc).

The new version of this is giving me the following errors.

Which has nothing to do with the issue you posted in.