Put the represent in the controller.

On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 1:36:51 PM UTC-4, Michael Beller wrote:
>
> When I set lazy_tables=True in the DAL, all my signatures fields show the 
> user_id and not the user name.
>
> I also set db.auth_user._format = '%(last_name)s' which I thought would 
> force the auth_user definition with lazy tables but my signatures still 
> show id's.
>
> Any thoughts on what I'm missing?
>
> Also, if I use lazy_tables=False and still set db.auth_user._format = 
> '%(last_name)s' the created_by and modified_by fields in view forms still 
> shows the full name which I can override 
> with auth.signature.created_by.represent = lambda id: db.auth_user._format 
> % db.auth_user[id].  Is that the best way?
>

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