diff --git a/app/other/apis/tools/gen_audit_columns_test.go b/app/other/apis/tools/gen_audit_columns_test.go
index 018f8a41..4a34ac9c 100644
--- a/app/other/apis/tools/gen_audit_columns_test.go
+++ b/app/other/apis/tools/gen_audit_columns_test.go
@@ -200,6 +200,42 @@ func TestAuditTimestampsCanBeListedAndQueried(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A table whose only columns are its key and the ones the framework fills in
+// leaves the create/edit dialog nothing to show. The page used to render it
+// anyway: an add button and an edit link opening an empty form.
+func TestAPageWithNothingToEnterHasNoForm(t *testing.T) {
+	g := newGenEnv(t)
+	const table = "gau_stamp"
+	tableID := g.importTable(t, table, `id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+	create_by bigint NULL,
+	update_by bigint NULL,
+	created_at datetime(3) NULL,
+	updated_at datetime(3) NULL,
+	deleted_at bigint NOT NULL DEFAULT 0`)
+
+	if code := callHandler(t, g.db, Gen{}.GenCode, "/", tableID); code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("generation failed with response code %d", code)
+	}
+	vue := g.page(t, table)
+	for _, unwanted := range []string{"<el-dialog", "<el-form", "useForm", "openCreate", "openEdit", "addGauStamp", "updateGauStamp", "getGauStamp"} {
+		if strings.Contains(vue, unwanted) {
+			t.Errorf("the generated page contains %s", unwanted)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{"useTable", "remove(table.selectedIds)", "import { delGauStamp, listGauStamp }"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(vue, want) {
+			t.Errorf("the generated page has no %s", want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	overlay := filepath.Join(g.out, "overlay.json")
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"Replace": backendFiles(g.out, g.root, table)})
+	if err := os.WriteFile(overlay, b, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	goCmd(t, g.root, "vet", "-overlay="+overlay, "./app/admin/...")
+}
+
 // callJSON runs one handler with a JSON body and decodes the response's data
 // into data when it is not nil. It returns the code the body carries.
 func callJSON(t *testing.T, db *gorm.DB, h gin.HandlerFunc, method, body string, params gin.Params, data any) int {
diff --git a/template/v4/vue.go.template b/template/v4/vue.go.template
index 6b72c465..cd7e208b 100644
--- a/template/v4/vue.go.template
+++ b/template/v4/vue.go.template
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 {{- $hasDatetime := false -}}
 {{- $hasRules := false -}}
 {{- $hasQuery := false -}}
+{{- $hasForm := false -}}
 {{- $pkType := "number" -}}
 {{- range .Columns -}}
   {{- $dictUsed := and (ne .DictType "") (or (and (eq .IsQuery "1") (eq .FkTableName "")) (and (eq .IsList "1") (eq .FkTableName "")) (and (eq .IsInsert "1") (eq .HtmlType "select") (eq .FkTableName "")) (and (eq .IsInsert "1") (eq .HtmlType "radio"))) -}}
@@ -66,8 +67,15 @@
   {{- if and (eq .IsList "1") (eq .FkTableName "") (eq .DictType "") (eq .HtmlType "datetime") }}{{$hasDatetime = true}}{{end -}}
   {{- if eq .IsQuery "1" }}{{$hasQuery = true}}{{end -}}
   {{- if and (eq .IsInsert "1") (eq .IsRequired "1") (not .Pk) (ne .GoField "CreatedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdatedAt") (ne .GoField "DeletedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdateBy") (ne .GoField "CreateBy") }}{{$hasRules = true}}{{end -}}
-  {{- if and .Pk (eq .GoType "string") }}{{$pkType = "string"}}{{$hasRules = true}}{{end -}}
+  {{- if and .Pk (eq .GoType "string") }}{{$pkType = "string"}}{{$hasRules = true}}{{$hasForm = true}}{{end -}}
+  {{- if and (eq .IsInsert "1") (not .Pk) (ne .GoField "CreatedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdatedAt") (ne .GoField "DeletedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdateBy") (ne .GoField "CreateBy") }}{{$hasForm = true}}{{end -}}
 {{- end -}}
+{{- /*
+  $hasForm: the create/edit dialog would hold at least one field - a typed-in
+  string key or an insertable column the framework does not fill in. Without
+  one, the add button, the edit link and the dialog are left out, not rendered
+  around an empty form that saves nothing the user chose.
+*/ -}}
 <template>
   <PageContainer>
     <ProTable :table="table" selection row-key="{{.PkJsonField}}">
@@ -112,9 +120,11 @@
       {{- end}}
 
       <template #toolbar>
+        {{- if $hasForm}}
         <el-button v-permisaction="['{{.PackageName}}:{{.BusinessName}}:add']" type="primary" @click="form.openCreate()">
           {{ "{{" }} $t('common.add') {{ "}}" }}
         </el-button>
+        {{- end}}
         <el-button
           v-permisaction="['{{.PackageName}}:{{.BusinessName}}:remove']"
           type="danger"
@@ -156,14 +166,17 @@
       {{- end}}
 
       <template #actions="{ row }">
+        {{- if $hasForm}}
         <el-button v-permisaction="['{{.PackageName}}:{{.BusinessName}}:edit']" link type="primary" @click="form.openEdit(row)">
           {{ "{{" }} $t('common.edit') {{ "}}" }}
         </el-button>
+        {{- end}}
         <el-button v-permisaction="['{{.PackageName}}:{{.BusinessName}}:remove']" link type="danger" @click="remove(row.{{.PkJsonField}})">
           {{ "{{" }} $t('common.delete') {{ "}}" }}
         </el-button>
       </template>
     </ProTable>
+    {{- if $hasForm}}
 
     <el-dialog
       v-model="form.visible"
@@ -254,6 +267,7 @@
         </el-button>
       </template>
     </el-dialog>
+    {{- end}}
   </PageContainer>
 </template>
 
@@ -273,18 +287,14 @@ import ProTable from '@/components/ProTable/index.vue'
 {{- if $hasDatetime}}
 import DateCell from '@/components/DateCell/index.vue'
 {{- end}}
-{{- if $hasDict}}
-{{- if $hasDictList}}
-import { useTable, useForm, useRemove, useDict, dictLabel } from '@/composables'
-{{- else}}
-import { useTable, useForm, useRemove, useDict } from '@/composables'
-{{- end}}
-{{- else}}
-import { useTable, useForm, useRemove } from '@/composables'
-{{- end}}
+import { useTable{{if $hasForm}}, useForm{{end}}, useRemove{{if $hasDict}}, useDict{{if $hasDictList}}, dictLabel{{end}}{{end}} } from '@/composables'
+{{- if $hasForm}}
 import {
   add{{.ClassName}}, del{{.ClassName}}, get{{.ClassName}}, list{{.ClassName}}, update{{.ClassName}}
 } from '@/api/{{.PackageName}}/{{.MLTBName}}'
+{{- else}}
+import { del{{.ClassName}}, list{{.ClassName}} } from '@/api/{{.PackageName}}/{{.MLTBName}}'
+{{- end}}
 import type { {{.ClassName}}, {{.ClassName}}Query } from '@/api/{{.PackageName}}/{{.MLTBName}}'
 {{- /*
   Two columns pointing at the same foreign table must not import it twice --
@@ -386,6 +396,7 @@ const rules = computed<FormRules>(() => ({ {{$rFirst := true}}
   {{- end}}
 }))
 {{- end}}
+{{- if $hasForm}}
 
 const form = useForm<{{.ClassName}}, {{$pkType}}>({
   defaultModel: () => ({{"{"}} {{.PkJsonField}}: undefined{{range .Columns}}{{if and (eq .IsInsert "1") (not .Pk) (ne .GoField "CreatedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdatedAt") (ne .GoField "DeletedAt") (ne .GoField "UpdateBy") (ne .GoField "CreateBy")}}, {{.JsonField}}: {{if eq .DefaultValue ""}}undefined{{else if eq .GoType "int"}}{{.DefaultValue}}{{else}}'{{js .DefaultValue}}'{{end}}{{end}}{{end}} {{"}"}}),
@@ -396,6 +407,7 @@ const form = useForm<{{.ClassName}}, {{$pkType}}>({
   api: { get: get{{.ClassName}}, add: add{{.ClassName}}, update: update{{.ClassName}} },
   onSuccess: () => table.getList()
 })
+{{- end}}
 
 const { remove } = useRemove({
   api: del{{.ClassName}},