It would be nice if you show your view.
Probably you're missing a hidden field in second form with the record id.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:12 AM, <shapovalovde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have an issue with UPDATE form. I'm trying to implement something like
> enrollment form that has man field beyond standard name, email, etc. For the
> sake of usability I've decided to split it to two steps (i.e. controllers -
> pages): first asks user for name and email, and after user submits it,
> he/she gets redirected to the second controller with UPDATE form for the
> same record, inserted with previous form.
>
> Btw, at first I thought of having a one page form and presenting it in parts
> with help of JS, but I've decided to go with back end, to have even
> partially submitted data in database.
>
> def firstform():
> form = SQLFORM(db.person, fields = ['email','name'])
> if form.process(session=None, formname='begin_form').accepted:
> session.person_id = form.vars.id
> session.flash = 'form accepted'
> redirect(URL('endjoin'))
> elif form.errors:
> response.flash = 'form has errors'
> else:
> response.flash = 'please fill the form'
> return dict()
>
> # and
> def secondform():
> record = db.person(session.person_id) or redirect(URL('index'))
> form = SQLFORM(db.person, record, fields =
> ['address','phone','many_more_fields'])
> if form.process(session=None, formname='end_form').accepted:
> response.flash = 'form accepted'
> elif form.errors:
> response.flash = 'form has errors'
> else:
> response.flash = 'please fill the form'
> return dict()
>
> The problems is that second action 'firstform' makes insert, instead of
> update to the record inserted by first action 'secondform'. Though 'record'
> contains reference to last add row, which should be updated(completed). I'm
> not passing form to the view, I use custom html to present my forms, because
> I didn't find a way to make helpers specify input type='email', placeholder,
> size and other HTML5 form parts attributes.
>
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