I think I have answered myself. This does the job:
db.define_table('comments',
                Field('logged_in_user', 'reference auth_user', 
default=auth.user_id),
                Field('user_comment', 'text',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
               )


On Monday, September 3, 2018 at 12:02:24 PM UTC-4, 98u...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> i am getting the error:
> <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'> 'NoneType' object has no attribute 
> 'first_name'.....
> Field('logged_in_user', 'string',auth.user.first_name),
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'first_name'
>
>
> the site is behind the login page and even when I attempt to go the 
> homepage (can't open the site) I get above error. Because initially no user 
> is logged in and the table code is executed early on it seems to me.
>
> the model for component:
>
> db.define_table('comments',
>                 Field('logged_in_user', 'string', 
> default=auth.user.first_name),
>                 Field('user_comment', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()))
>
> the controller:
>
> @auth.requires_login()def manage_comments():
>     return SQLFORM.grid(db.comments)
>
>
> This is embedded as text in the text-area field of the markmin wiki:
>
> @{component:default/manage_comments}
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>

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