Hm, I thought that form = SQLFORM(db.person, record) , i.e. parameter
'record' indicates that, so why duplicate that in view?
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Vinicius Assef <vinicius...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Because SQLFORM uses this field to know you're editing not inserting a
> record.
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 5:27 AM, <shapovalovde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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> 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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