Thanks, I indeed missed that hidden field with record id. From the book: "Edit
forms also contain a hidden INPUT field with name="id" which is used to
identify the record. "
Though I don't really understand why we need that field as record id is
kept server-side anyway.
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:32:52 PM UTC+3, viniciusban wrote:
>
> 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, <shapova...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> 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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