Ok, now that this works seems I'm still in trouble. The page I'm loading is one that has a table that I'm trying to make clickable and a form to enter more data. Here is the controller:
@auth.requires_login() def budget(): db.expense.parent_table.default = request.args(0) db.expense.category.requires = IS_IN_DB(db(db.categories.parent_table==request.args(0)),'categories.id','categories.name') form = crud.create(db.expense) expenses = db(db.expense.parent_table==request.args(0)).select() return dict(user=auth.user.first_name, expenses=expenses, form=form) def edit_expense(): return repr(request.vars.id) My view: <table> <tr> <th>Date and Time</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Category</th> <th>Amount</th> <th>Source</th> </tr> {{ for expense in expenses: }} <tr class="expenses" id="{{=expense.id}}" onmouseover="jQuery(this).attr(style.backgroundColor='lightgrey')" onmouseout="jQuery(this).attr(style.backgroundColor='white')" > <td>{{=expense.datetime}}</td> <td>{{=expense.title}}</td> <td>{{=expense.category.name}}</td> <td>{{=expense.amount}} {{=expense.denomination}}</td> <td>{{=expense.source}}</td> </tr> {{pass}} </table> <hr /> {{=form}} <script> $(document).ready(function () { $('.expenses').click(function(){ ajax('edit_expense?id=' + $(this).attr('id'), [], '#target') }); }); </script> <div id="target"></div> I added the AJAX script to have it return to edit_expense the id of the row that was clicked but I get an error about the crud.create line in my controller. Thanks again for your help. Tsvi