> I have a table with 2 fields: > db.define_table("table1", > Field("field1", "string"), > Field("field2", "string")) > > field1 is required so there should be two options: > 1. the user enters something in field1 and field2 > 2. the user enters something in field1 and leaves field2 blank > models/db.py
db.define_table("table1", Field("field1", requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()), Field("field2") ) > In the second case i want to use a function that takes the value from > field1 splits the first word and then stores it in field2. > something like: > def function(): > field1_value="word1 word2 word3" > valuesplit= field1_value.split(" ")[:1] > joinvalue= " ".join(valuesplit) > return joinvalue assuming you have models/db.py from the first example contoller/default.py: from gluon.sqlhtml import form_factory def function(): form = form_factory(Field("field12", requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY())) if form.accepts(request.vars, session): word_list = form.vars.field12.split() if len(word_list)>2: db.table1[0] = dict(field1 = word_list[0], field2 = " ".join(word_list[1:])) response.flash = "success" else: response.flash = "not enough words" return dict(form = form) might have some typos in there but I guess you get the idea -- 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.