Can you try this instead? db.client.policy_N.requires=IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, 'client.id'*)*
-Jim On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 11:37:25 PM UTC-6 mostwanted wrote: > I'm trying to use the validator IS_NOT_IN_DB( ) but i keep getting the > error below, what does it mean? > > *<type 'exceptions.Exception'> Validation error, field:policy_N > <pydal.validators.IS_NOT_IN_DB object at 0x0000015E7996E940>* > > MY CODE: > db.define_table('client', > Field('client_name'), > Field('id_number', requires = IS_MATCH('^\d{9}?$', > error_message='An ID Number should have exactly 9 digits')), > > Field('policy_N'), > Field('date_of_birth', 'date'), > Field('member_only', 'reference > premium_for_member_only_family_policy'), > format="%(client_name)s" > ) > db.client.policy_N.requires=IS_NOT_IN_DB(db,'db.client'*)* > -- 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/524e9475-5332-4742-a831-c7955681872dn%40googlegroups.com.