Well, the SELECT kind of works. It give the drop downlist. But there
is no content in it. How do I populate it with the solution.name but
it uses the ID in the database? I think I have seen it before.
Regards,
Jason
On Sep 17, 2:20 pm, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> In short, the INPUT(...) is, with no doubt, rendered as a text input
> field. You need a SELECT(...) to show up as a drop-down list. That is
> how HTML works, isn't it?
>
> Generally speaking, it is not recommended to build forms manually.
> Define your db table and use SQLFORM instead. PS: Once upon a time, I
> did not know how to customize forms so I build my own forms manually.
> Before long I realized the code becomes unmaintainable quickly. So,
> come back before it is too late, let's do things in a web2pythonic
> way, pal.
>
> Regards,
> Iceberg
>
> On Sep17, 6:00pm, encompass <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to make a form...
> > ---
> > def solution_manager():
> > form = FORM('Solution Name:',
> > INPUT(_solution_name='solution', requires=IS_IN_DB
> > (db,'solution.id')), # IS_IN_DB(db,'solution.id'),
> > 'Issue Name:',
> > INPUT(_issue_name='issue', requires=IS_IN_DB
> > (db,'solution.id')),
> > INPUT(_type="submit"))
> > if form.accepts(request.vars, session):
> > response.flash = "Form Accepted"
> > elif form.errors:
> > responce.flash = "Form has an error."
> > else:
> > response.flash = "Please fill in the form."
> > issues = db().select(db.issue.ALL)
> > return dict(form=form, issues = issues)
> > ---
>
> > But it doesn't show a drop down list of the solution id's (Or better
> > the names).
> > Also, the book gives similar code, but I don't get a <br/> between the
> > form entries. They come out on a single line.
> > Any ideas?
> > Regards,
> > Jason Brower
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