:'(
I'll try to find a workaround, but this would be a nice addition in the
future releases.
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:32:17 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>
> Hmm, looks like advanced search is not implemented for list:-type fields
> in the grid.
>
> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:17:09 PM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote:
>>
>> Hi Anthony,
>>
>> Yes I'm talking about the advanced search form in the grid.
>>
>> When you set a field type to list:string you no longer have the ability
>> to select the field from the dropdown menu to create specific searches.
>>
>> Does that help to clarify?
>>
>> for example if I have Field('myFieldA', string')
>>
>> I can use the advanced search function in the SQLFORM.grid to say
>> myFieldA contains "abc" AND myFieldA starts with "abc"
>>
>> When I change Field('myFieldA','list:string'), the field no longer
>> appears in SQLFORM
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:12:15 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>>>
>>> Can you clarify the problem? Are you talking about the advanced search
>>> form in the grid? What exactly is the issue?
>>>
>>> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 11:29:54 AM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Anthony! This solved it.
>>>>
>>>> Should I use IS_LIST_OF() to enable the search function in SQLFORM?
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 10:35:19 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Near the end of this section
>>>>> <http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#Validators>
>>>>>
>>>>> of the book, it notes that the only validators that work with list:-type
>>>>> fields are IS_IN_SET(..., multiple=True), IS_IN_DB(..., multiple=True),
>>>>> IS_NOT_EMTPY(), and IS_LIST_OF(). The latter can be used to apply
>>>>> IS_ALPHANUMERIC() to each item in the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9:23:01 AM UTC-4, LoveWeb2py wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When using a list:string my validators don't work like they used to
>>>>>> on a regular string. For example if I had requires=IS_ALPHANUMERIC()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> when I input 1234568--/ I would receive an error
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but when I switched my field type from string to list:string I can
>>>>>> now put anything in the field such as 1234568--/ and it works. I also
>>>>>> noticed the SQLFORM.GRID does not allow you to specify that column in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> dropdown list anymore. Why is there no exception for list handling?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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