The form.accepts in the controller checks the fields using their validators.
The error messages you have to handle yourself in your custom form. For an example see: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Hide-Errors On Mar 10, 4:33 pm, Pystar <aitoehi...@gmail.com> wrote: > So how do I design my forms manually and still have it display error > messages and use validators? > > On Mar 10, 10:25 pm, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > 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? > >
