You can but not this way. You need the onlick to perform an ajax request.
This requires a new controller action: def check(): part_id=request.args(1) if not db((db.prodj_refs.prodj_id=request.args(0))& \ (db.prodj_refs.part_id=part_id)).delete() return 'jQuery('#selector%i' % part_id).html('not selected') else: db.prodj_refs.insert(prodj_id=request.args (0),part_id=part_id) return 'jQuery('#selector%i' % part_id).html('selected') and a view that calls the action via onclick and gets a response that modified the page accordingly: <table width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="example"> <thead> <tr> <th>Part Name</th><th>Content</th><th>Number</ th><th>Created On</ th> </tr> </thead> <tfoot> <tr> <th>Part Name</th><th>Content</th><th>Number</ th><th>Created On</ th> </tr> </tfoot> <tbody> {{for part in parts:}} <tr> <td>{{=part.part_name}}</td> <td>{{=part.part_content}}</td> <td>{{=part.part_number}}</td> <td>{{=part.timestamp.year}}</td> <td> <button id="selector{{=part.id}}" onclick="{{=URL(r=request,f='check',args= [prodj.id,part.id])}}"> {{if db((db.prodj_refs.prodj_id=request.args (0))&(db.prodj_refs.part_id=part_id)).count():}}selected{{else:}}not selected{{pass}} </button> </td> </tr> {{pass}} </tbody> </table> On Aug 24, 6:31 am, murray3 <ch...@murraypost.net> wrote: > is there a way to run some python db.update code in a view by using > the onclick event from the checkbox. > At present the python code just runs, I put the "checker" in there to > try and toggle it off until the onclick event obviously does not run > the python code as is. > help appreciated > chrism > > <table width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" > class="display" id="example"> > <thead> > <tr> > <th>Part > Name</th><th>Content</th><th>Number</th><th>Created On</ > th> > </tr> > </thead> > <tfoot> > <tr> > <th>Part > Name</th><th>Content</th><th>Number</th><th>Created On</ > th> > </tr> > </tfoot> > <tbody> > {{for part in parts:}} > {{checker=0}} > <tr> > <td>{{=part.part_name}}</td> > <td>{{=part.part_content}}</td> > <td>{{=part.part_number}}</td> > <td>{{=part.timestamp.year}}</td> > <td class="center"><input type="checkbox" > name="check_" > value="{{part.id}}" onclick="{{if not > checker==0:}} > {{=db.prodj_refs.insert(prodj_id=prodj.id,part_id=part.id)}} > {{pass}}"></td> > </tr> > {{pass}} > {{checker=1}} > {{pass}} > </tbody> > </table> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---