Now parent is a valid row object, that can be referenced by parent.id. If it delivers what you want to, it's fine!
Best regards Clemens On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 2:42:31 PM UTC+1 mostwanted wrote: > So i decided to do this & seems to be working, I hope it fall apart, > please advice if i'm wrong. I added the validator function inside the > registration function & called it from the process() function, its working, > i hope it wont fall apart. > > def registration(): > parent=db.parent(request.args(0, cast=int)) > > *def my_validator(form): if db((db.children.id > <http://db.children.id>>0) & (db.children.parent==parent.id > <http://parent.id>)).count() >=4:* > > * form.errors.children_names=SPAN("The number of children has > exceeded the required number")* > > db.children.parent.default=parent.id > form=SQLFORM(db.children) > if form.process(onvalidation=my_validator).accepted: > response.flash=T('Client Regitered') > return locals() > > On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 3:01:37 PM UTC+2 mostwanted wrote: > >> What I want is to prevent more than 10 entries of children per selected >> parent >> >> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 1:45:31 PM UTC+2 Clemens wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> Your are not referencing the parent table. I think, what you want to >>> address, is as follows: >>> if db((db.*parent*.id>0) & (db.children.parent==parent.id)).count() >>> >=10: >>> ... >>> >>> Then the error should not occur and you are get all parents with more >>> than 10 children. >>> >>> Regards >>> Clemens >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 9:29:11 AM UTC+1 mostwanted wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to create a short validator that limits the number of >>>> children that can be listed under one parent but I'm having a problem with >>>> the highlighted line because I cant use *parent.id <http://parent.id> *to >>>> specify the selected parent when the parent variable is referenced outside >>>> the validator function. I rightfully get: >>>> *<type 'exceptions.NameError'> global name 'parent' is not defined* >>>> >>>> Anyone on ideas on how to work around this? >>>> >>>> def my_validator(form): >>>> * if db((db.children.id <http://db.children.id>>0) & >>>> (db.children.parent==parent.id <http://parent.id>)).count() >=10:* >>>> form.errors.children_names=SPAN("The number of children has >>>> exceeded the required number") >>>> >>>> def registration(): >>>> * parent=db.parent(request.args(0, cast=int)) #referenced outside >>>> the validator function* >>>> db.children.parent.default=parent.id >>>> form=SQLFORM(db.children) >>>> if form.process(onvalidation=my_validator).accepted: >>>> response.flash=T('Client Registered') >>>> return locals() >>>> >>> -- 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/b33f398b-e4fc-4826-8801-afb4c552673cn%40googlegroups.com.