You can do
form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
upload=URL(r=request, c='gae',
f='preview'),_action=....)
On May 3, 4:11 pm, howesc <how...@umich.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it intentional that when using SQLFORM, and custom views (with
> form.custom.begin), that if i modify attributes after initial form
> construction I have to update form.custom.begin myself?
>
> here's my example:
>
> form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
> upload=URL(r=request, c='gae', f='preview'))
>
> if request.env.web2py_runtime_gae:
> from google.appengine.ext import blobstore
> upload_url =
> blobstore.create_upload_url(URL(r=request,f='upload_art',
> args=request.args,
>
> vars={'redir':URL(r=request,c='account', f='index')}))
>
> form['_action']=upload_url
> (begin, end) = form._xml()
> form.custom.begin = XML("<%s %s>" % (form.tag, begin))
>
> note that if i don't update form.custom.begin myself it does not
> include the '_action' attribute. In most cases you just initialize
> the form with all the needed attributes, but in this case if i'm on
> google app engine i need the upload field to post to another URL
> (since i'm using blobstore), but if i'm not on GAE i can use the
> regular action.
>
> I suppose at this point the app only runs on GAE, so i can just skip
> the if statement, but thought this might be a low-priority bug.
>
> thanks,
>
> christian
