I think the point is: is it better to generate a validation error message when a choice is not selected or, by default, select always the first choice? Are you sure that the problem is with the presence of a blank option and not with the wrong error associated to it?
On Jan 29, 9:55 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > +1 supporting DenesL argument. (but we already know this) > > note. > > default. > > breaks app. > > we like the feature > > but it shouldn't break an app > > no reason to have to specifically DISABLE something that hasn't > existed in web2py before ( you know, the empty select or "please > choose a value" breaks my app which is why I'm still running pre-1.70 > codebase ) > > The only reason that it defaults to zero='' is because the person who > originally requested it needed that. > > Their only argument was THEY needed it so it should default to it just > for THEIR convenience while everyone else is subjugated to having to > DISABLE a NEW feature. > > -Thadeus > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:31 AM, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > I must insist. > > The point is that IS_IN_DB and IS_IN_SET now show a spurious empty > > option by default. > > The keyword here is default. > > > If you want to introduce a 'choose a value" option you should do it > > explicitly and 'at your own risk', the risk being that it creates an > > option that when selected will cause an error. > > > An empty option is plainly wrong, it is not part of the IS_IN_DB or > > IS_IN_SET options. It is completely artificial. > > > How many times the option has been changed should not matter, getting > > it right should. > > Denes. > > > On Jan 29, 10:06 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > >> There is no way to please everybody here. some people ask for > >> zero=None, some for zero='', some for zero='Please choose a value'. > >> There is no right or wrong. I think we should leave the default as is > >> ('', we changed it twice already) and you configure it as needed. > > >> Massimo > > >> On Jan 29, 9:00 am, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > >> > <bump> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@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.