When using default field value, if I add a record through appadmin, the 
default is populated in the form and therefore the actual database 
insertion time is not recorded but rather the form generation time.  Is 
there a way around this?
 

On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 8:57:35 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:

> No, passing a table object into db.define_table() only copies the tables 
> fields, not its other attributes. Anyway, if you want to set the default 
> value for a field, you would do it using the "default" argument to Field():
>
> standard_fields = db.Table(db, 'standard_fields',
>     Field('created_on', 'datetime', default=request.now))
>
> You might also want to set writable=False.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:26:08 PM UTC-4, User wrote:
>>
>> Using table inheritance to define a common set of fields. Given the 
>> following code:
>>  
>> standard_fields = db.Table(db, 'standard_fields',
>>     Field('created_on', 'datetime'),
>>  )
>> standard_field._before_insert.append(lambda fields: fields['created_on'] 
>> = request.now)
>>  
>> db.define_table('payment', Field('amount', 'double'), standard_fields)
>>
>> will table payment inherit the _before_insert (or _before_update) 
>> behavior?  I'm trying this but I think it may not inherit.  If it doesn't, 
>> is the only option to specify the ._before_insert for each table? I want 
>> to add this to a number of tables.
>>  
>>
>

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