[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread JoshC
Ok, I see. THANKS A LOT everyone :) Josh On Apr 25, 9:18 pm, Anthony wrote: > On Monday, April 25, 2011 8:47:17 PM UTC-4, JoshC wrote: > > > What I need to know is how to get information from the view to the > > controllers and database. I wasn't able to figure out how to use this > > for instan

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread JoshC
Anthony, thank you. I see there that it gives the syntax for accessing args (request.args(i)), but it doesn't for vars (the dict). This is the problem I had earlier. What is the syntax for accessing vars? Like this? request.vars(key) On Apr 25, 9:18 pm, Anthony wrote: > On Monday, April 25, 201

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread Anthony
On Monday, April 25, 2011 8:47:17 PM UTC-4, JoshC wrote: > > What I need to know is how to get information from the view to the > controllers and database. I wasn't able to figure out how to use this > for instance: > > URL('a', 'c', 'f', args=['x', 'y'], vars=dict(z='t')) > > How do you acces

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread pbreit
In f(), request.args(0) will be 'x', request.args(1) will be 'y' and request.vars.z will be 't'. http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#request

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread JoshC
What I need to know is how to get information from the view to the controllers and database. I wasn't able to figure out how to use this for instance: URL('a', 'c', 'f', args=['x', 'y'], vars=dict(z='t')) How do you access what is saved in the dict from the view on the controller side? On Apr 2

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
On click it always submits via POST but the vars are passed via URL(,vars=...) as GET vars. For more complex scenarions it may be better be more explicit. On Apr 25, 5:37 pm, pbreit wrote: > Interesting. Possible to support a post with vars?

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread pbreit
Interesting. Possible to support a post with vars?

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
I just added to trunk... quantity {{=A('add product',callback=URL('add_product',args='id'),target='there))}} On Apr 25, 2:53 pm, pbreit wrote: > And I just noticed that you are going to run into some intricacy with how to > implement the quantity selector. > > You'll either need to create a for

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread pbreit
And I just noticed that you are going to run into some intricacy with how to implement the quantity selector. You'll either need to create a for each toy (in which case each toy will also have its own "add to cart" button) or you will have to identify each quantity form field which might make

Re: [web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread Stifan Kristi
nice share, massimo, i want to learn it, but your video is too fast, i've already tried to pause it many times, but it seems i lost some part, could you share the code please? thank you so much in advance On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Massimo Di Pierro < massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: >

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread pbreit
A bit of stylistic advice: toys = db(db... return dict(toys=toys) {{for toy in toys:}} {{=toy.name}} etc.

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread pbreit
Maybe try it like this: A(' Add to cart', _href=URL('add_to_cart', vars={'item': i.item, 'page': request.function}))

[web2py] Re: Novice: form input, insert, update

2011-04-25 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Did you see this? http://vimeo.com/20768689 The functionality you need is implemented as an example via ajax. Massimo On Apr 25, 11:46 am, JoshC wrote: > Dear Friends, > > As you may recall, I wrote before mentioning that I am working on a > project for a databases class (an e-store). We were