Massimo, Sorry, your message to Thadeus, which also answered my question, appeared only after, when I sent my question to this topic.
My example had just one table because it was a simple test with SQLFORM.factory. I thought it worked this way that you mentioned, but when I saw that the SQLFORM.factory allows to send some parameters like "db.table.field" instead of using Field(), I got confused. :-) On 24 out, 18:07, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > A SQLFORM.factory has no knowledge of the underlying database. If you > use SQLFORM.factory you should do the inserts/update manually. > > In your case your form involves a single table so you should just use > crud.create or crud.update > use db.table.field.writable and db.table.field.readable and > db.table.field.default to change the behavior of the form. > > On Oct 24, 3:02 pm, Renato-ES-Brazil <caliari.ren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Massimo, > > > I tried to use SQLFORM.factory just for tests: > > > def edit(): > > task_id = request.args(0) > > task=db(db.task.id==task_id).select()[0] > > form=SQLFORM.factory(db.task.title, db.task.description, > > record=task) > > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > > response.flash = 'form accepted' > > elif form.errors: > > response.flash = 'form has errors' > > else: > > response.flash = '' > > return dict(form=form) > > > The message "form accepted" was shown but the record was not updated. > > What should I do for work? > > > On 24 out, 17:32, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > > > > >>>form=SQLFORM.factory(db. > > > > > table1.field1,db.table2.field2) > > > > Does this allow for the data to be inserted into the database? I would try > > > it right now but busy cleaning the home :) > > > > -Thadeus > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:35 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > > wrote: > > > > > What is wrong with this? > > > > > form=SQLFORM.factory(db.table1.field1,db.table2.field2) > > > > > On Oct 24, 1:28 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > > > > > As far as [1], use custom form > > > > > >http://web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/205 > > > > > > As far as [2], you could use SQLFORM.factory() or just a straight > > > > > FORM() > > > > > object, and populate their default from the database, and on accepts > > > > > you > > > > > would have to insert them seperately into the database. > > > > > > I think this is a limitation of web2py that needs some work, Too > > > > > often do > > > > I > > > > > have to break DRY just to get data from two tables into one form, its > > > > > not > > > > > pretty, and difficult to maintain. > > > > > > I find myself, almost not even using SQLFORM or CRUD anymore, just > > > > because I > > > > > need specific fine grained control. > > > > > > -Thadeus > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:22 PM, znafets <znaf...@googlemail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > ot a table with user data and a table with address data referencing > > > > > > the user > > > > > > Now I would like to cre > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
