Alias?? http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06?search=fake#Self-Reference-and-Aliases
Richard On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:58 PM, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > Maybe I dreamt it but it seems to me that there was a way to define a > field like another field except for the name and label but I can't > recall how it was done. > > It would be similar to table inheritance: > http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Self-Reference-and-Aliases > but at a field level. > > Uses? > Field templating where common field definitions are used as standard > components of tables in a somewhat reverse way (define fields before > tables): > > Field('name','string',length=20,requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()) > > db.define_table('person', as('name','firstname'), as('name', > 'lastname'), ...) > > so firstname and lastname would be non-null strings of len 20 > > Maybe it is not a good idea but I want to hear your opinions. > > Denes. >
