This is to have a drop down list appear. Currently sqlform.factory works only if you have all the labels etc in the sqlform.factory.
I have a custom html using flex boxes and modal in the views but following these instructions: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#SQLFORM-in-HTML Using IS_IN_DB doesn't work when included in the sqlform.factory ... *Ben Duncan* DBA / Chief Software Architect Mississippi State Supreme Court Electronic Filing Division On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 3:44 PM Dave S <snidely....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Monday, February 4, 2019 at 9:32:02 AM UTC-8, Ben Duncan wrote: >> >> Ok, I have a standard FORM doing a web page. >> How do you do a select from a a database table in a FORM helper: >> >> ie what is equivalent to the sqlform.factory of: >> <sqlform facotry snippet> >> Field('companyid', >> >> requires=IS_IN_DB(db,db.company.company_number,'%(company_name)s')), >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> *Ben Duncan* >> DBA / Chief Software Architect >> Mississippi State Supreme Court >> Electronic Filing Division >> > > > I'm not sure I understand your question. If you want a *requires()* to > be applied, I don't think you have to do anything extra after putting in > the requirement. If you want to do a lookup after form.accepts(), you just > use form.vars, no? > > Most of my use of plain FORM() is for stuff that isn't in the DB. > > /dps > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
