I just found this post dated May 8, 2013. Anthony said to make the form a
post like this:
<form action="#" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
I did that and everything worked.
Please update the book to have the above in the view section.
Thanks.
Love and peace,
Joe
On Monday, June 3, 2013 3:51:37 PM UTC-7, JoeCodeswell wrote:
>
> Dear web2py-users,
>
> How can I get the SQLFORM in HTML example in book 5th Edition to work?
>
> As far as i can tell i have copied the example VERBATIM.
>
> In controllers/default.py :
>
> def display_manual_form():
> form = SQLFORM(db.person)
> if form.process(session=None, formname='test').accepted:
> response.flash = 'form accepted'
> elif form.errors:
> response.flash = 'form has errors'
> else:
> response.flash = 'please fill the form'
> # Note: no form instance is passed to the view
> return dict()
>
>
> In models/5_appointment.py :
>
> # for testing display_manual_form
> db.define_table('person',
> Field('name','string'),
> )
>
> in default/display_manual_form.html :
>
> #default/display_manual_form.html
>
> {{extend 'layout.html'}}
> <form>
> <ul>
> <li>Your name is <input name="name" /></li>
> </ul>
> <input type="submit" />
> <input type="hidden" name="_formname" value="test" />
> </form>
>
>
> The behavior is the same as reported in this group
> here<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/web2py/%22sqlform$20in$20html%22/web2py/PBPf_B_J_8U/d64xohhcUW8J>
> , even though the example adds "session=None to the call to .process()", i.e.
> :
>
>> Its not validating the form, just flashing "fill the form" message.
>
>
> Also, no entry gets added to the database.
>
> Thanks for the help in advance.
>
> Love and peace,
>
> Joe
>
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