As I understand it, the table does not have to exist when using the 'reference sometable' syntax. Or anyway that's how it's supposed to work.
I'm not 100% confident in it, though so I always make it a practice to create the reference tables first. On Monday, March 25, 2013 6:31:16 AM UTC-4, Alan Etkin wrote: > > I think I kinda figured out the problem. The order of defining tables >> seems matter. Tables to be referenced need to be defined before the >> referencing tables. Guess it's a rookie mistake. > > > I don't think it's a matter of table definition order. Maybe there aren't > any referenced records in the table so the dropdown widget is not created. > > About the modified_on created_on, web2py has some features that create > tables under the hood, i.e., for record versioning. Perhaps you want to > disable them at the model by changing the feature options (they are > documented in the book) > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
