It is not enabled by default simply for performance reasons. On Monday, 3 December 2012 13:08:01 UTC-6, David Tucker wrote: > > Wow thanks for that check_reserved=['all'] tip, turns out I had a few > illegal names that weren't causing problems yet. I wonder why it's not > enabled by default. > > > On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:01:17 PM UTC-8, David Tucker wrote: >> >> I'm editing my data model in db.py and trying to add a field to a table >> of accounts that groups them using a foreign key. >> >> Field('group', 'reference groups', ondelete='CASCADE', >> required=True, default=db(db.groups).select().first().id), >> >> causes a ticket that reads: and causes web2py to freeze >> (must force quit and reopen); however, >> >> Field('groupd', 'reference groups', ondelete='CASCADE', >> required=True, default=db(db.groups).select().first().id), >> >> works fine. >> >> Can someone explain why this is? Also, is there a better/more elegant way >> to specify a default for 'reference' types? Basically I want the default to >> be the first entry in the 'groups' table (which is a generic 'ungrouped' >> group). >> >> Thank you for any help, I'm a web2py noob coming from a PHP/MySQL >> background. >> >>
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