I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that but I understand.  I think it
should be pointed out in the manual that this needs to be done so others
don't make the same mistake I did.

Thanks Massimo, I really appreciate the reply.

Jim
 On Jun 16, 2013 3:41 AM, "Massimo Di Pierro" <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> The problem is that the grid expects the field to be writable in the form.
> You do not include them therefore it thinks they are empty (html
> convention, not web2py's).
>
> Assuming you want the fields in the "create" form but not in the edit form
> you can replace:
>
>     grid = SQLFORM.grid(db.person.id>0,
>                         fields=[db.person.first, db.person.last])
>
> with
>
>     if request.args(0) == 'edit':
>         db.person.song.writable = False
>         db.person.tv_show.writable = False
>     grid = SQLFORM.grid(db.person.id>0,
>                         fields=[db.person.first, db.person.last])
>
> On Friday, 14 June 2013 08:54:59 UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>
>> Here you go.  Attached.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:46:58 PM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>>
>>> Can we see an example?
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:32:34 UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is possible that I'm losing my mind, but it appears to me that when
>>>> I submit a SQLFORM.grid update with a custom form that fields not included
>>>> in the custom form are being set to NULL even if they had a value in them
>>>> before.
>>>>
>>>> I've just noticed this after updating to 2.5.1 stable.
>>>>
>>>> -Jim
>>>>
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