[web2py] Re: don't understand forms processing

2012-01-12 Thread Anthony
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:37:41 AM UTC-5, Likit wrote: > > I really don't get the use of {{form}} in views. It's really too > opaque. The form=crud and form=SQLFORM really only do trivial cases > involving a single table. > I wouldn't say handling a single table is a trivial case, but

[web2py] Re: don't understand forms processing

2012-01-12 Thread Likit
I had another problem accessing the examples with my apache config (separate thread). Under rocket server I could see those examples. Yes, I think the products or dog registration examples illustrate what I need. On Jan 12, 4:33 am, stefaan wrote: > Have you looked here?http://web2py.com/examples

[web2py] Re: don't understand forms processing

2012-01-12 Thread stefaan
Have you looked here? http://web2py.com/examples/default/examples#form_examples FORM (and all the other UPPERCASE helpers) is just a function that creates an html fragment. The key to understanding how these forms work is to realize that forms are "submitted to themselves". That's why the code i