Might be easier with a _before_insert callback, so you can add the new value along with the initial insert instead of after:
db.mytable._before_insert.append(lambda fields: fields.update(url=make_url( fields))) Anthony On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:10:12 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote: > > code an _after_insert callback. > > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:21:26 PM UTC+1, Louis Amon wrote: >> >> I'm trying to hard-code URLs for SEO purposes so I have a function >> ("make_url(row)") that builds the paths based on other fields. >> >> I was thinking of using "compute=make_url", but it seems that update >> operations also call the compute. >> >> >> Is there a way to use compute only on INSERT operations, and not on >> UPDATE ? >> > -- 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.