Can you show us you select and the way you make your table and view?
Richard
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Woody <myli...@woodring.us> wrote:
> I don't see 'This is a test'. The table looks exactly the same as it does
> without the represent statement.
>
> It doesn't matter what I put in the represent statement, If I have:
>
> db_mydb.my_table.location.**represent=lambda location,row: XML(T('This is
> a test'))
>
> 'This is a test' doesn't appear in the table.
>
> It also doesn't work if I put:
>
> db_mydb.my_table.location.**represent=lambda location,row:T('This is a
> test').
>
> No matter what I put in the represent statement, my table looks the same.
> I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what it is.
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:34:13 PM UTC-4, Richard wrote:
>
>> I don't understand... Do you see : This is a test ?? You don't need XML()
>> for use a simple T(), XML serve to escape special caracter and accentuated
>> one, at least that my understanding. And of course there will be not change
>> (all your value will be represent with : This is a test, since you don't
>> take care of your location in your lambda.
>>
>> I never try to pass html tag in a represent except a A() helper, but I
>> don't why it would not work.
>>
>> You don't really need XML in the code above (virtual field), try this :
>>
>> Field.Virtual('description_**for**matted', lambda row:
>> SPAN(row.description, _style="color:#EB0F0F;"),
>>
>> or
>>
>> Field.Virtual('description_**for**matted', lambda row:
>> TAG.span(row.description, _style="color:#EB0F0F;"),
>>
>> In case there is no SPAN helper (don't remember if there is SPAN()
>> helper).
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Woody <myl...@woodring.us> wrote:
>>
>>> 'represent' is not working for me. Here's my code:
>>>
>>> -----------------------
>>> db_mydb.define_table('my_**table',
>>> Field('ROWID', 'id'),
>>> Field('location', 'string'),
>>> Field('other_field', 'string'),
>>> migrate=False)
>>>
>>> db_mydb.my_table.location.**represent=lambda location,row: XML(T('This
>>> is a test'))
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>> Doesn't matter what I put in the represent declaration, the data
>>> displayed in the table doesn't change.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:34:21 PM UTC-4, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>>> represent!!
>>>>
>>>> represent=lambda value, row: XML(...) if value is not None else T('N/A')
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Woody <myl...@woodring.us> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a table definition that uses virtual fields with XML:
>>>>>
>>>>> db_mydb.define_table('my_**table**',
>>>>> Field('ROWID', 'id'),
>>>>> Field('location', 'string'),
>>>>> Field('description', 'string', required=False),
>>>>> Field.Virtual('description_**for**matted', lambda
>>>>> row: XML('<span style="color:#EB0F0F">' + row.description + '</span>'),
>>>>> etc........
>>>>>
>>>>> So, using Field.Virtual, I can pass XML with HTML tags to a table. Is
>>>>> there a way to do this without having to create a virtual field? In other
>>>>> words, I'd like to be able to add HTML formatting in a normal field
>>>>> definition, using XML or helper functions.
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