i'm sorry, my bad : # check if new or edit is in args (url) write_in_form = '*new*' in request.args or '*edit*' in request.args
db.table_name.date_field_1.writeable = not write_in_form db.table_name.date_field_2.writeable = not write_in_form or another way around # check if new or edit is in args (url) write_in_form = '*new*' in request.args or '*edit*' in request.args if write_in_form : db.table_name.date_field_1.writeable = False db.table_name.date_field_2.writeable = False best regards, stifan -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.