Index: trunk/grails-app/views/assetSubItemDetailed/edit.gsp
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--- trunk/grails-app/views/assetSubItemDetailed/edit.gsp	(revision 349)
+++ trunk/grails-app/views/assetSubItemDetailed/edit.gsp	(revision 352)
@@ -95,5 +95,6 @@
                                 </td>
                             </tr>
-                        
+
+                            
                             <tr class="prop">
                                 <td valign="top" class="name">
@@ -101,7 +102,12 @@
                                 </td>
                                 <td valign="top" class="value ${hasErrors(bean:assetSubItemInstance,field:'parentItem','errors')}">
-                                    <g:select optionKey="id" from="${AssetSubItem.list()}" name="parentItem.id" value="${assetSubItemInstance?.parentItem?.id}" noSelection="['null':'']"></g:select>
+                                    <g:if test="${assetSubItemInstance.assets}">
+                                        Assigned to assets.
+                                    </g:if>
+                                    <g:else>
+                                        <g:select optionKey="id" from="${possibleParentItems}" name="parentItem.id" value="${assetSubItemInstance?.parentItem?.id}" noSelection="['null':'--None--']"></g:select>
+                                    </g:else>
                                 </td>
-                            </tr> 
+                            </tr>
 
                             <tr class="prop">