Thanks Val K, I appreciate the elaborate explanation. I will try the suggestions ASAP Regards
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10:11:12 PM UTC+1, Val K wrote: > > If you want to create/edit survey using one page you have to use > JavaScript (I don't see another non-horrible way). > If you want only web2py/python implementation you have to organize your > application to edit one entity per page/request, i.e. you can do something > as follows: > /surveys - returns grid of surveys with references to > /surveys/<survey> (per row) that returns grid of sections + > references to > /surveys/<survey>/<section> that returns grid of questions + > references to > /surveys/<survey>/<section>/<question> that returns grid (or > form with `select multiple` ) of answers with scores > > > > > > On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 7:54:05 PM UTC+3, NGNZONE wrote: >> >> Situation Description >> >> First things first, I am not a very experience web2py developer but I >> have learned the basics of the framework, so please pardon me if my >> questions are not so constructive. I started working on a survey >> application which will enable users to create multiple choice questions. A >> question will have a number of choices, and when the user selects a >> particular choice, a corresponding score will be added to a sub total. That >> is if the survey is about Fruits for instance, if a user selects oranges, 5 >> will be added to the sub total for that section, if another user selects >> Mangoes, 10 will be added to the sub total and so on. The attached >> screenshot survey_layout will better explain what I am talking about. It >> has three columns, the first column is the question, the second, the >> corresponding choices and the third column the score linked to each choice. >> [Survey layout][1] There are six sections in the survey, and each section >> has a sub_total which is generated from the score value of each choice the >> user chooses on each of the questions. Finally the sub_totals will be added >> up to give a grand total for the entire survey and it can then be >> interpreted. What I have done so far is as seen on the follow screenshots >> >> >> >> Questions: >> >> 1.How do I create my models in such a way that the user can dynamically >> create questions for the survey for each section on the page and when the >> user takes the survey, each choice the user selects, will correspond to a >> score value which can be tracked and summed up to give the section totals? >> >> 2.How will my form be defined to output all the questions for each >> section one after the other on the screen? I have tried using SQLFORMS but >> don't know exactly how to achieve this. >> >> 1. Thinking of using pagination to separate the sections so the page >> will not be too long. any better option? >> >> References: I have watched the web2py survey by MASSIMO DI PIERRO where I >> learn how to do what I have done so far. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/576ef875-3e96-4477-bb24-fd03170b6ec2%40googlegroups.com.
