Hi Andre, request.function has the name of the function called i.e. the function part in http://ipadr:port/app/controller/function
If request.function is always 'second' it means you are always calling http://yourserverip:port/yourapp/default/second Hope this helps, Denes On Aug 19, 2:33 am, dederocks <dediro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to give web2py a try, and so experiment as I follow the online > web2py book. > Chapter 3, section 'Postbacks', code snipet: > > if not request.function=='first' and not session.visitor_name: > redirect(URL('first')) > > Does not appear to work as expected. request.function always returns > 'second'. Is this normal? My understanding was that request.function > should return the caller's url? > In other words, changing the above code to: > > if not request.function=='first': > redirect(URL('first')) > > Always sends you to the first page. > > Sincerely, > > Andre
