I had another problem accessing the examples with my apache config (separate thread). Under rocket server I could see those examples. Yes, I think the products or dog registration examples illustrate what I need.
On Jan 12, 4:33 am, stefaan <stefaan.hi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you looked here?http://web2py.com/examples/default/examples#form_examples > > FORM (and all the other UPPERCASE helpers) is just a function that > creates an html fragment. > > The key to understanding how these forms work is to realize that forms > are "submitted to themselves". > > That's why the code in the examples first checks: > > "if form.accepts" -> this can only be true if the form was already > submitted, so you can take some actions based on the values in the > form > "else if form.errors" -> this can only be true if the form was > submitted, but validation failed, so you can take actions based on the > failures > "else" -> this can only be true if the form was not submitted yet, so > you can display the form for the first time > > Please checkout example 28 from the above link - it should be quite > enlightening.
