This change of behavior was not intentional and I will look into it. Anyway, I would not use a form with no fields. I would use a link instead or a <button onclick=""/>
On 6 Lug, 07:29, stefaan <stefaan.hi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > In my application, I used a form with only a submit button (no other > fields). > It is used to allow the user to go back to some query definition > screen after inspecting search results. > > Upgrading from web2py 1.66.1 to 1.79.2 broke the application and after > some experimenting I think > the difference is related to this form. It seems as if in 1.79.2 > "form.accepts" never returns true for such empty form. > > My questions therefore are: > > 1. did I rely on undocumented behaviour? am I doing something non- > sensical? am I abusing forms where I should e.g. use a link instead? > 2. is this a backward incompatible change between 1.66.1 and 1.79.2 ? > or is it perhaps a bug? > > Best regards, > Stefaan.
