Hi Dave, could you please elaborate more since the book doesn't explain my situation well. Thanks
On Monday, June 10, 2019 at 2:23:33 PM UTC-7, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Monday, June 10, 2019 at 1:04:41 PM UTC-7, Quang Lam wrote: >> >> i have this table as follows: >> db.define_table( 'Pass', Field('FlightID', 'reference Flight', >> label=T('Flight'), requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >> Field('AnalystID', 'reference Analyst', >> label=T('Analyst'), requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >> Field('TypeID', 'reference Type', >> label=T('Type'), requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >> Field('Name', >> label=T('Pass Name'),requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >> Field('Configuration', >> label=T('Configuration')), >> Field('PostedToCustomer', >> label=T('Posted To Customer'), type='boolean'), >> Field('PassNote', >> label=T('Pass Note'), type='text'), >> Field('AnalysisNote', >> label=T('Analysis Note'), type='text'), >> Field('Mode', label=T('Mode'), >> writable=False, type='text')) // field mode is set to >> writable = false to prevent user inputting the data in this field because >> it will call another script to get the the data for mode attribute >> >> i will have the form to ask the user to input info into these fields >> except mode field because i will call another script to get the data of the >> mode from the other table and input the mode data along with the input data >> from user. my question is where should i call the script to get the mode >> data? ( is it the in the form.process().accepted block. ?). how can i >> insert the mode data at the same time when the user click submit to insert >> the inputs into the table ? >> >> Please help, Thanks >> > > Perhaps you want to use an after_update callback. > <URL: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#callbacks-on-record-insert-delete-and-update > > > > /dps > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/1bd2187f-7ee4-4461-a2cc-52f3fcc80dd6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.