add check on render and children on all referenceBase field

Author: ThieryMichel

packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/ReferenceArrayFieldBase.tsx

@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ export const ReferenceArrayFieldBase = <
         source,
         queryOptions,
     });
+
+    if (!render && !children) {
+        throw new Error(
+            "<ReferenceArrayFieldBase> requires either a 'render' prop or 'children' prop"
+        );
+    }
+
     return (
         <ResourceContextProvider value={reference}>
             <ListContextProvider value={controllerProps}>

packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/ReferenceFieldBase.tsx

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ export const ReferenceFieldBase = <
     const controllerProps =
         useReferenceFieldController<ReferenceRecordType>(props);
 
+    if (!render && !children) {
+        throw new Error(
+            "<ReferenceFieldBase> requires either a 'render' prop or 'children' prop"
+        );
+    }
+
     if (
         (empty &&
             // no foreign key value

packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/ReferenceOneFieldBase.tsx

@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ export const ReferenceOneFieldBase = <
         return empty;
     }
 
+    if (!render && !children) {
+        throw new Error(
+            "<ReferenceOneFieldBase> requires either a 'render' prop or 'children' prop"
+        );
+    }
+
     return (
         <ResourceContextProvider value={reference}>
             <ReferenceFieldContextProvider value={context}>