I do not think this needs to be in web2py. You can already define something like:
def url(f,args=request.args): return URL(r=request,f=f,args=args) I always do it together with some of my other favorite shortcuts. Massimo On Jul 6, 8:06 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Jul 6, 2009, at 2:10 PM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > _action=URL(r=request)) > > > is probably fine > > > _action=URL(r=request,args=request.args)) > > > to be user > > Because valid html requires a non-empty action, I'd like to make the > effort to specify self-submission as easy as possible. I've been > thinking along these lines: > > FORM(..., _action=request._self) > > where: > > class Request(Storage): > > ... > > def _self(self): > return URL(r=self, args=self.args) > > or two methods, if there's a reason you don't want the args. Depending > on which is more commons, _self() and _self_args() or _self() and > _self_only, say. > > Or even simpler: > > FORM(..., r=request) > > where FORM would fill in action with a self-reference if it's not > otherwise specified (instead of setting it to '' as it does now). (And > depending on whether we need with-args and without-args flavors.) > > Again, the general idea is that a) valid html is highly desirable, b) > self-submission is a very common case, and consequently c) it's > worthwhile making that case as concise as possible. > > > > > On Jul 6, 3:32 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Yarko Tymciurak wrote: > > >>> _action value (in SQLForm) is what "action" in HTML FORM will be > >>> set to. > > >>> It is a URI, so "." is relative to the current context. > > >>> check out something likehttp://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html > >>> for more. > > >> OK, thanks. > > >> The problem with that, as I read the RFC, is that the "current > >> context" means the current URL with everything to the right of the > >> rightmost slash deleted, which isn't going to work very well for > >> web2py URLs, if the intent is a self-reference (unless perhaps the > >> current URL is to the default controller and/or function). > > >> Here's why I'm asking: a missing or empty form action is invalid > >> (x)html, and I'm looking for the most concise way of asking for a > >> self- > >> reference. action="." would work fine if the URL ended in a slash, > >> but > >> it does not. > > >> The shortest self-reference I can see is: FORM( ..., > >> _action=URL(r=request)) > > >> Is that right? > > >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Jonathan Lundell > >>> <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > > >>> The example _action='.' appears in the manual, section 7.2 > >>> (SQLForm), > >>> page 168. > > >>> What does that mean? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
