I think you want:
Field('make',db.car_makers,IS_IN_DB(db,db.car_makers.id,'%(name)s')
and
db.car.make.default = db(db.car_makers.name=='Ford').select
(db.car_makers.id).first().id
On Jan 24, 8:46 pm, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I'm certain this has been asked a bunch of times. I've spent the last
> hour looking for it but can't find it anywhere. Sorry.
>
> The question is how to set the default value of a reference field
> based on a query of the referenced table.
>
> db.define_table('car_makers',Field('name',unique=True))
> db.define_table('car',
> Field('make',db.car_makers,IS_IN_DB(db,'car_makers.name','%(name)
> s')),
> Field('model'))
>
> I want to set db.car.make.default=db(db.car_makers.name=='Ford').select
> (db.car_makers.id)[0]
> so that when I do an SQLFORM, the drop down list of db.car.make will
> pre-select "Ford".
>
> This isn't working for me. What am I doing wrong?
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