formname='something' serializes within the form a hidden input, so web2py can distinguish what form is being submitted. If the submitted values were to be serialized as urlencoded, just to explain, for the first form would be
name=value&formname=form_one and for the second name=value&formname=form_two On Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:13:29 PM UTC+2, Toby Shepard wrote: > > On 08/02/2012 11:35 AM, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > if you have two forms in one page, web2py needs to be able to > > discriminate which one is being submitted. It does that by using a > > input type=hidden name=formname. > > But the forms below have the same name. I don't > think I understand completely. > > > Massimo > > > > On Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:13:10 UTC-5, Toby Shepard wrote: > > > > In the forms section: > > > > It is possible to have multiple forms per page, but you must allow > > web2py to distinguish them. If these are derived by SQLFORM from > > different tables, then web2py gives them different names > > automatically; otherwise you need to explicitly give them different > > form names. Here is an example: > > > > > > def two_forms(): form1 = FORM(INPUT(_name='name', > > requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), INPUT(_type='submit')) form2 = > > FORM(INPUT(_name='name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), > > INPUT(_type='submit')) if > > form1.process(formname='form_one').accepted: response.flash = 'form > > one accepted' if form2.process(formname='form_two').accepted: > > response.flash = 'form two accepted' return dict(form1=form1, > > form2=form2) > > > > > > Does it matter at all that both of the forms have the same NAME > > attribute? I would have thought that to be poor HTML practice. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Toby > > > > -- > > > > > > > > --
