It seems I was wrong. This is not possible but not diffciult to
implement. Give me a couple of days.

On Nov 10, 10:15 am, Frederik Wagner <fner...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> thanks for the fast reply, but it does not work for me
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > Yes you can do it with a bit of extra work:
>
> > db.define_table('person',Field('name'))
> > db.define_table('dog',Field('name'),Field('owner',db.person))
> > db.define_table('walk',Field('dog',db.dog),Field('when','datetime'))
>
> > db.dog.owner.requires = IS_IN_DB(db,'person.id','%(name)s')
> > class ComputedDogAttributes:
> >    def owner_name(dog): return dog.owner.name
> > db.dog.virtualfields.append(ComputedDogAttributes())
> > db.walk.dog.requires = IS_IN_DB(db,'dog.id','%(name)s by %(owner_name)
> > s')
>
> > Actually I have not tried it. If you do please let us know.
>
> trying to insert a walk (after inserting a person and a walk), gives
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 184, in restricted
>     exec ccode in environment
>   File "/root/web2py/applications/test/controllers/appadmin.py", line
> 304, in <module>
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 103, in <lambda>
>     self._caller = lambda f: f()
>   File "/root/web2py/applications/test/controllers/appadmin.py", line
> 123, in insert
>     form = SQLFORM(db[table], ignore_rw=ignore_rw)
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py", line 613, in __init__
>     inp = self.widgets.options.widget(field, default)
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py", line 199, in widget
>     options = requires0.options()
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/validators.py", line 346, in options
>     self.build_set()
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/validators.py", line 333, in build_set
>     records = self.dbset.select(*self.fields, **dd)
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 2901, in select
>     rows = response(query)
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 2896, in response
>     db._execute(query)
>   File "/root/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 846, in <lambda>
>     self._execute = lambda *a, **b: self._cursor.execute(*a, **b)
> OperationalError: no such column: dog.owner_name
>
> Actually, why is it not possible to do a
> db.walk.dog.requires = IS_IN_DB(db,'dog.id','%(name)s by %(owner.name)s')
> directly?
>
> probably I'm missing some python knowledge.
>
> Thanks
> Frederik
>
>
>
> > On Nov 10, 4:35 am, Frederik Wagner <fner...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi .*,
>
> >> is there a possibility in the Validator IS_IN_DB to have the display
> >> string show attributes from multiple (joined) tables?
> >> E.g.: If I  say somthing like
>
> >> IS_IN_DB( db( (table1.id == table2.id_table1) , 'table1.id',
> >> '%(table1.attribute)s %(table2.attribute)s')
>
> >> It tried somthing like this, but the problem is, that the placeholder
> >> are always assumed to be attributes of the table used in the second
> >> parameterfield, here 'table1'. Such that the used attributes are
> >> 'table1.table1.attribute' and 'table1.table2.attribute', which is
> >> clearly an error.
>
> >> I hope I could make the problem clear?
>
> >> Thanks a lot for help.
> >> Bye!
> >> Frederik
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