Because the code to show those errors is in the form created by
SQLFORM and that form is neither being returned nor displayed in the
view.
On Mar 10, 4:00 pm, Pystar <aitoehi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> tried this snippet of code from the web2py book, but it doesnt work
> the way I feel it should
>
> def display_manual_form():
> form = SQLFORM(db.person)
> if form.accepts(request.vars, formname='test'):
> response.flash = 'form accepted'
> elif form.errors:
> response.flash = 'form has errors'
> else:
> response.flash = 'please fill the form'
> return dict()
>
> {{extend 'layout.html'}}
> <form>
> <ul>
> <li>Your name is <input name="name" /></li>
> </ul>
> <input type="submit" />
> <input type="hidden" name="_formname" value="test" />
> </form>
>
> On submission, if there are errors in the form, it doesnt display any
> error messages. why is this so?
