I see. Thank you. I also did some Googling and found what I think should be documented more explicitly and perhaps more clearly in web2py docs (it's there, but unless you know what to look for, you're guaranteed to miss it):
when creating grid, the following args=request.args[:1] tells the grid to keep the arguments in place and reload on top of existing one(s) - this seems to be a perfect solution by design! On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:18 PM Jim S <ato.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, you have to manage that yourself. > > I do it kind of like this. Yes, I know it's ugly but it pretty much works. > > # if the variable is passed in, get the value > search_text = request.get_vars.search_text > > if request.wsgi.environ['QUERY_STRING'] != '': > # we get here if no vars were passed on the request - in > # this case, I want to see if I've saved a copy of them to session > # and if so, grab them and use them > if not search_text: > try: > search_text = session['search_values']['search_text'] > except: > search_text = '' > > # now I use search text to build the query I'm going to pass to > SQLFORM.grid > > # store the current value of the variables back to your session > session.search_values = dict(search_text=search_text) > > Not pretty, but it works for my use case. > > -Jim > > > > > On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 11:58:23 AM UTC-5, Vlad wrote: >> >> Yes, there are arguments on the page already. I don't want the grid to >> get rid of them when reloading for those actions. >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 12:39 PM Jim S <ato....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I thought it did keep track of paging. >>> >>> Are you looking for it to keep arguments that you supplied? >>> >>> -Jim >>> >>> On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 11:33:47 AM UTC-5, Vlad wrote: >>>> >>>> I've got a page with a grid on it. >>>> grid reloads the page on create and other actions. >>>> the page to begin with has arguments, for example, page/1/2/3. >>>> I want the grid to keep these 1/2/3 in place when reloading the page on >>>> those actions, for example, on new record it should use page/1/2/3/new >>>> instead of page/new. >>>> How do I achieve it? There must be a parameter that enables grid to >>>> keep the args, but I can't find it - >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 a topic in the >>> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/llt-aRxLeBo/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> web...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/6638c197-7342-4e11-8b86-8b4606f1847a%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/6638c197-7342-4e11-8b86-8b4606f1847a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/llt-aRxLeBo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/3f80cee5-4f2d-44f5-95bb-458bcfd52c93%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/3f80cee5-4f2d-44f5-95bb-458bcfd52c93%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CABZ%2BKCDBsFgvHP1w-1-N8-hUx7MLS7B4hRJwP-gxkEzjr0qtag%40mail.gmail.com.
