Actually unless I'm missing something I don't think using a computed field
will work for the create_on field because this seems to modify the field
any time you update the record. However it does work for the modified_on
field.
On Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:30:44 AM UTC-4, User wrote:
> The discrepancy between form generation time and database insertion time
> is mostly an annoyance when creating new records in appadmin.
>
> However, doing it this way I notice the modified time field will not get
> updated in appadmin because it will already have a value from when the
> record was originally inserted. (I've decided on insertion that the
> modified time will equal the creation time. I realize an alternative option
> is to keep the modified field null until the record is actually modified,
> but I prefer my way) Thus, even though I have the following in my models.py
>
> standard_fields.modified_on.update = request.now
>
> it will not make a difference in appadmin so it seems like using compute
> may be the best option
>
>
> On Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:06:53 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:04:54 PM UTC-4, User wrote:
>>
>>> I do have writable=False and I understand that will work for normal
>>> forms, but it still shows up in appadmin
>>>
>>
>> Yes, appadmin ignores the writable attribute. Is it really important to
>> distinguish between the time the form is loaded and the time of the insert?
>> If so, something like this might work (not tested):
>>
>> standard_fields = db.Table(db, 'standard_fields',
>> Field('created_on', 'datetime', default=request.now))
>> if request.controller == 'appadmin':
>> standard_fields.created_on.compute = lambda row: request.now
>>
>> I believe appadmin will not show a computed field, so the above should
>> compute the value at time of insert.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>
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