IS_EXPR('value==repr(request.vars.password)',
should be
IS_EXPR('value==%s' % repr(request.vars.password),
Anyway, this seems to come up a lot, so I added a new validator in
trunk:
IS_EQUAL_TO(request.vars.password)
Please give it a try.
On Jun 27, 1:52 am, Alastair Medford <alastairmedf...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Alright, I'm burned out on trying to solve this.
>
> I'm trying to make a form that checks if two fields match, like
> password + verify password. I noticed in the book that there's an
> example of this, but I can't seem to get it working. The code given is
> as follows (this is with a typo correction, a quote is missing in
> IS_EXPR in the book):
>
> def index():
> match_it = IS_EXPR('value==repr(request.vars.password)',
> error_message='passwords do not match')
> form = SQLFORM.factory(
> Field('username', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> Field('password', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> Field('password_again', requires=match_it))
> if form.accepts(request.vars, session):
> pass # or take some action
> return dict(form=form)
>
> I run this code exactly, and while it works for displaying the page,
> as soon as I submit the form I get the following error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "gluon/restricted.py", line 178, in restricted
> File "E:/development/web2py/applications/informed/controllers/
> users.py", line 23, in <module>
> File "gluon/globals.py", line 96, in <lambda>
> File "E:/development/web2py/applications/informed/controllers/
> users.py", line 11, in index
> File "gluon/sqlhtml.py", line 857, in accepts
> File "gluon/html.py", line 1311, in accepts
> File "gluon/html.py", line 454, in _traverse
> File "gluon/html.py", line 454, in _traverse
> File "gluon/html.py", line 454, in _traverse
> File "gluon/html.py", line 454, in _traverse
> File "gluon/html.py", line 461, in _traverse
> File "gluon/html.py", line 1118, in _validate
> File "gluon/validators.py", line 156, in __call__
> File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'request' is not defined
>
> Now I imagine this is happening because the IS_EXPR code doesn't have
> access to the request global. If this is the case, then how can I
> achieve the result I'm looking for, and why is this example in the
> book?
