On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:11 AM, Joe Barnhart <joe.barnh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a special application that holds the results of swimming > matches. I store all times as floating-point "seconds" internally, > but I want to permit users to enter times as either a formatted string > (mm:ss.hh) or an integer (mmsshh). > > I created my own custom validator which can take either input and > renders the result to the database as a float. It also formats the > presentation to show the times as mm:ss.hh as the preferred output > format. So far, so good... > > Now the problem. The underlying field is a 'double' which resolves to > a float on Sqllite. The built-in field validator for FLOAT is still > active, so it prevents anyone from entering ":" characters. Is there > no easy way to completely replace the default field validator? This > will limit my use of the custom validation feature, I fear.
Default validators are in definition of function sqlhtml_validators, in gluon/sql.py but I think it is not "normal" to a validator don't be rewrited. Can you show your models and new validator code? -- Álvaro Justen Peta5 - Telecomunicações e Software Livre 21 3021-6001 / 9898-0141 http://www.peta5.com.br/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
