Great. It's a cool feature. You would have read that you can turn it off in code temporarily just by setting common_filter =none.
That has caught me a few times. On Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 11:06 pm mostwanted, <godirao...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey AGRogers, thanks for that suggestion, I added the highlited lines to > my model code & it gave results, thank you very much: > > > db.define_table('lecturer', > Field('surname'), > Field('name'), > Field('title'), > Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. > user_id, readable=False, writable=False), > * common_filter = lambda query: db.lecturer.posted_by == > auth.user_id,* > format="%(surname)s %(name)s %(title)s") > def lecturer(details): return '%(surname)s %(name)s' % details > > db.define_table('subject', > Field('subject_name'), > Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. > user_id, readable=False, writable=False), > * common_filter = lambda query: db.subject.posted_by == > auth.user_id,* > format="%(subject_name)s" > ) > db.define_table('departments', > Field('department_name'), > Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. > user_id, readable=False, writable=False), > * common_filter = lambda query: db.departments.posted_by == > auth.user_id,* > format="%(department_name)s") > > db.define_table('lecture', > > *Field('subject_name', 'reference subject'), > Field('department', 'reference departments'),* #HERE > Field('theLevels', label=SPAN('Levels'), requires= > IS_IN_SET(['1.1', '1.2', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1', '3.2', '4.1', '4.2'], > zero='---Select > A Level---')), #HERE > * Field('lecturer', 'reference lecturer'),* > Field('class_session', requires=IS_IN_SET(['single > session', 'double session', 'evening single session', 'evening double > session'], zero='----Select A Session Period----')), > Field('the_time2', readable=False, writable=False), > Field('class_room', requires=IS_IN_SET(['500', '501', > '502', '503', '504', '505', '506'], zero='---Select A Class Room---')), > Field('controller', readable=False, writable=False), > Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. > user_id, readable=False, writable=False)) > > Regards; > > Mostwanted > > On Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 1:13:06 PM UTC+2, AGRogers wrote: >> >> I would try using a common_filter on the drop down list table. Could that >> work? >> >> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020, 6:10 pm mostwanted, <godir...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In my application I have 4 tables, 3 of them referenced in the fourth >>> table but every user should be able to view only what they have entered >>> into the database. Is there a way that in a dropdown list of a referenced >>> table in an SQLFORM users can only view & select from items they have >>> entered? >>> >>> *MODELS CODE:* >>> db.define_table('lecturer', >>> Field('surname'), >>> Field('name'), >>> Field('title'), >>> Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. >>> user_id, readable=False, writable=False), #HERE >>> format="%(surname)s %(name)s %(title)s") >>> def lecturer(details): return '%(surname)s %(name)s' % details >>> >>> db.define_table('subject', >>> Field('subject_name'), >>> Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. >>> user_id, readable=False, writable=False), #HERE >>> format="%(subject_name)s" >>> ) >>> db.define_table('departments', >>> Field('department_name'), >>> Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. >>> user_id, readable=False, writable=False), #HERE >>> format="%(department_name)s") >>> >>> db.define_table('lecture', >>> >>> *Field('subject_name', 'reference subject'), >>> Field('department', 'reference departments'),* #HERE >>> Field('theLevels', label=SPAN('Levels'), requires= >>> IS_IN_SET(['1.1', '1.2', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1', '3.2', '4.1', '4.2'], zero >>> ='---Select A Level---')), #HERE >>> * Field('lecturer', 'reference lecturer'),* >>> Field('class_session', requires=IS_IN_SET(['single >>> session', 'double session', 'evening single session', 'evening double >>> session'], zero='----Select A Session Period----')), >>> Field('the_time2', readable=False, writable=False), >>> Field('class_room', requires=IS_IN_SET(['500', '501', >>> '502', '503', '504', '505', '506'], zero='---Select A Class Room---')), >>> Field('controller', readable=False, writable=False), >>> Field('posted_by', 'reference auth_user', default=auth. >>> user_id, readable=False, writable=False)) >>> >>> >>> >>> *CONTROLLER CODE:* >>> I tried the highlighted part but it didnt work, I felt it wouldnt work >>> but tried it anyway & it didnt work (shocker!) >>> Please help me figure this out. >>> def index(): >>> >>> >>> *user=db.auth_user(auth.user_id) if not user or >>> not(user.id==auth.user_id): redirect(URL('index')) >>> form=SQLFORM(db.lecture.posted_by==user.id)* >>> if form.process(onvalidation=my_form_processing).accepted: >>> response.flash=T('Lecture Entered') >>> return locals() >>> >>> >>> Regards; >>> >>> Mostwanted >>> >>> -- >>> 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 web...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/e98d4e6a-69a2-4c1c-9028-3d98579a0f59o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/e98d4e6a-69a2-4c1c-9028-3d98579a0f59o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/a7a24094-6fea-465c-9a7d-eeb582c2acaco%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/a7a24094-6fea-465c-9a7d-eeb582c2acaco%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CACWMBMNysCzzhYjrDr1OSOT-2nQdjTy%2B06S%2Bba8Y%3DyUZ_tx4pA%40mail.gmail.com.