I completely agree - one of the really nice things about Django is that it allows you to have parent -> child models in a single form.
The example from Dominic seems quite complex. Could anyone suggest some ideas of how we could implement this functionality within Web2Py - I'm happy to try and code something but as I'm new to Web2Py I'm not even sure where to start. any help at all would be appreciated. Kind Regards Portly On Sep 3, 9:39 pm, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: > This sounds a lot like sub-forms (ends up being part of the form, but > can be managed separately, even at run time). I worked on Adobe's Form > designer (which is bundled with a full version of Acrobat)... if we we > don't have sub-forms in web2py, I would strongly recommend we create > them :) > > Mart > > On Sep 3, 4:14 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > you are right it would not but it may be a way to store multiple > > addresses (as a list of strings) without creating a table of > > addresses. > > > On Sep 3, 1:10 pm, "portly.shor...@googlemail.com" > > > <portly.shor...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Mdipierro > > > > firstly thank you so much for Web2Py - the more I look into it the > > > more I love it. > > > > I'm slightly confused by your answer however - how would list:string > > > help me input data for two models at once? > > > > kind regards > > > > Portly > > > > On Sep 3, 5:38 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > With the new list:string it should be easy to create a widget for it. > > > > WIll look into it. > > > > > On Sep 3, 10:14 am, "portly.shor...@googlemail.com" > > > > > <portly.shor...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you very much for this Dominic. I've had a quick look and there > > > > > is a lot to take in (I guess I was hoping for a much simpler solution > > > > > lol). > > > > > > regards > > > > > > Portly > > > > > > On Sep 3, 1:28 pm, Dominic <dominic.koe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > We (Sahana-Eden) use to do such things with web2py, in connection > > > > > > with > > > > > > a RESTful API. > > > > > > > See for > > > > > > example:http://vita.sahanafoundation.org/eden/pr/person/1http://vita.sahanafo... > > > > > > > It can also speak several XML formats, of course, and > > > > > > JSON;http://vita.sahanafoundation.org/eden/pr/person/1.xmlhttp://vita.saha... > > > > > > > The code behind that looks like: > > > > > > > Person > > > > > > Model:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%...... > > > > > > > The actual Person > > > > > > controller:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > HTML frontend > > > > > > controller:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > Backend > > > > > > extensions:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dominic > > > > > > > On 3 Sep, 13:38, "portly.shor...@googlemail.com" > > > > > > > <portly.shor...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Is it possible to edit a parent + child model as a single form and > > > > > > > automatically create both the parent and respective children in > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > database. > > > > > > > > As an example, say I have a Person model and the person can have > > > > > > > multiple Addresses. Is it possible to create a Person and add > > > > > > > several > > > > > > > addresses on a single form at the same time. > > > > > > > > Out of the box with Web2Py I know this is not possible but as it > > > > > > > is a > > > > > > > common situation I'm sure someone has already solved this > > > > > > > particular > > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > Many Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > > > > > Portly.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
