> > (1). If the referenced table has 10,000 entries, then they will be shown. > It's inefficient. But it's somewhat unavoidable, given what it is.
Yes, you're probably better off using an autocomplete widget in a case like that. (2). The other problem is more serious. A multiply-selected drop-down list > is not really a list, but rather a set. It seems there is no way specify > the order of the list and select multiple items. > IS_IN_DB takes an orderby argument -- have you tried that? > Ideally, the way SQLFORM represents list:reference should be the same as > list:integer, with an added validation making sure that all items are in > the database. > If you put the IS_IN_DB validator inside a list, you won't get the default select widget, but you'll still get the validation. Anthony --
