[web2py] Re: Problem with IS_IN_SET validator where valid list is dynamic

>     ... > > Notice, though, that if that fixes the validation, you've still got the > problem that the user has selected a last name that's no longer in the > database. If you can confirm that this is indeed the bug, you might want to > leave the code as-is, since the validation failure is cor

[web2py] Re: Problem with IS_IN_SET validator where valid list is dynamic

Thanks for all the help again. It should have been obvious to me before but I am sure the problem is that values coming back from get_last_names() are different when the form is generated compared to when it is validated. So I really need to just get the list of last names once and it use it both

[web2py] Re: Problem with IS_IN_SET validator where valid list is dynamic

Thanks for all the thoughts on this. I will do some more debugging on this tomorrow. I am new to web2py. Is there a way to have the validator code give me a better indication of what value it got and what it expected? ( Aside from adding code to web2py itself, of course! ) -- You received this m

[web2py] Re: Problem with IS_IN_SET validator where valid list is dynamic

What is in last_names? Just a simple Python list. > Which web2py version? 1.75.4 > > Denes. > > On Mar 2, 1:46 pm, "hschill...@nasa.gov" > wrote: > > > > > I have a form with a string field that uses the IS_IN_SET validator. > > The set of strings th

[web2py] Problem with IS_IN_SET validator where valid list is dynamic

I have a form with a string field that uses the IS_IN_SET validator. The set of strings that is allowed must be generated dynamically each time the form is generated. So I add the validator in the controller. ( See the snippet below. ) The problem is that sometimes I get "value not allowed" valida