Hi Anthony and Jim,

thanks very much for your help. I got it working with Jim suggestion since 
I only wanted to insert a completely new record with the prepopulated 
values from the previous sqlgrid form.

thanks again!

regards,

John

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:40:27 PM UTC+1, Anthony wrote:
>
> Do you want to actually update the record in question, or simply insert a 
> completely new record that is prepopulated with the values from this 
> record? If the former, then just pass the record ID in the URL and pass 
> that ID to SQLFORM in order to create an update form.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:19:36 AM UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>>
>> So, with this statement:
>>
>> addpass = [lambda project: A('add pass', _class="btn", 
>> _href=URL("default","addpass"))]
>>
>> You're creating a link to an entirely different controller, right?
>>
>> If that is correct then I would pass the parameters for that 'project' as 
>> vars on the URL command as such:
>>
>> addpass = [lambda project: A('add pass', _class="btn", 
>> _href=URL("default","addpass",vars={'DOY':project.DOY, 
>> 'STATION':project.STATION, 'BOT':project.BOT, 'EOT':project.EOT}))]
>>
>> ...assuming you know all your values you wish to pass when the button is 
>> being created.
>>
>> Then in default/addpass use this:
>>
>> db.nextpasses.DOY.default = request.get_vars.DOY
>> db.nextpasses.STATION.default = request.get_vars.STATION
>> db.nextpasses.BOT.default = request.get_vars.BOT
>> db.nextpasses.EOT.default = request.get_vars.EOT
>>
>> Not sure if this is what you're after or if this is even the best 
>> solution.  But, may spark some thoughts in others on the list too.
>>
>> Hope it helps.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:37 AM, John Philip <ajmoll...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim, thanks for you reply. Sorry I guess I should be more specific. I 
>>> have a SQLGRID form (displaying contents of table db.nextpasses) , In the 
>>> SQLFORM.grid I have inserted a button called addpass so for every record in 
>>> the SQLgrid I have a button addpass. When clicking "addpass" another form 
>>> "addpass" is opened which should be pre-populated from the record values in 
>>> the SQLform.grid in the previous form.
>>>
>>> maybe something like this
>>>
>>>  sgrid = SQLFORM.grid(db.nextpasses, 
>>> links=addpass(db.addpass.field_name.default = db.nextpasses.field_name
>>>
>>> I am bit confused where I need to pass the values when initiating the 
>>> lamba project addpass.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:16:28 PM UTC+1, Jim S wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Try setting the defaults on the respective fields:
>>>>
>>>> db.nextpasses.field_name.default = default_value_for_this_field
>>>>
>>>> -Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:51:29 AM UTC-6, John Philip wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am a newbie to web2py. I did try to look for similar threads but 
>>>>> couldn't find a solution specifically for my problem. I want to 
>>>>> pre-populate a form from a current record in the SQLFORM.grid. 
>>>>>
>>>>> addpass = [lambda project: A('add pass', _class="btn", 
>>>>> _href=URL("default","addpass"))]
>>>>> # added a link button to open form addpass which should have 
>>>>> pre-populated fields in sgrid shown below.
>>>>>
>>>>>  sgrid = SQLFORM.grid(db.nextpasses, links=addpass, create=False, 
>>>>> editable= False, deletable=False, fields=[db.nextpasses.DOY,db.
>>>>> nextpasses.STATION,db.nextpasses.BOT,db.nextpasses.EOT], 
>>>>> maxtextlength=50,headers={'nextpasses.DOY' : 
>>>>> 'DOY','nextpasses.STATION' : 'Station', 'nextpasses.BOT' : 'Aos', 
>>>>> 'nextpasses.EOT' : 'Los'})
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> many thanks and regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> John Philip
>>>>>
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