The IS_IN_DB etc didn't work for me -- perhaps I did something wrong -- but the variations with IS_IN_SET do. Thanks!
On Saturday, September 8, 2012 2:46:24 AM UTC-4, rochacbruno wrote: > > maybe this? > > form = SQLFORM.factory( > Field('test', > type='string', > requires=IS_IN_DB(*db(db.table.field == xyz)*, db.city.name_url, > '%(name)s', multiple=True), > widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v, > style='divs'), > default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs') > > or > > myset = [("value 1", "text 1"), ("value 2", "text 2"), ("value 2", "text > 2")] > > form = SQLFORM.factory( > Field('test', > type='string', > requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True), > widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v, > style='divs'), > default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs') > > or > > myset = {"value 1": "text 1", "value 2": "text 2", "value 2": "text 2"} > > form = SQLFORM.factory( > Field('test', > type='string', > requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True), > widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v, > style='divs'), > default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs') > > or > > > myset = db.executesql("SELECT value, text FROM sometable") > > form = SQLFORM.factory( > Field('test', > type='string', > requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True), > widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v, > style='divs'), > default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs') > > > *Bruno Cezar Rocha** - @rochacbruno* > rocha...@gmail.com <javascript:> | Mobile: +55 (11) 99210-8821 > www.CursoDePython.com.br | www.rochacbruno.com.br > Blog: Using Python to get all the external links from a > webpage<http://rochacbruno.com.br/using-python-to-get-all-the-external-links-from-a-webpage/> > Get a signature like this. > <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=18&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_18> > Click > here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=18&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_18> > > > > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Mike Girard <mikegi...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I have a checkboxes widget which I invoke like so: >> >> form = SQLFORM.factory( >> Field('test', >> type='string', >> requires=IS_IN_DB(db, db.city.name_url, '%(name)s', >> multiple=True), >> widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v, >> style='divs'), >> default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs') >> >> I use requires=IS_IN_DB solely to populate the checkboxes with fresh >> data. I don't really need the validation. Now I would prefer to spread the >> data in the one table being used across multiple checkbox groups. Is there >> an out-of-the-box way to populate form elements with queries instead of >> just binding them to tables? >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > --