Nice one
On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 9:14:48 PM UTC+2, Scott Hunter wrote:
>
> Would this do the job?
>
> form = SQLFORM.factory(*fields)
> if form.process().accepted:
> # update the database here
> form2 = SQLFORM.factory(*fields)
> form2.vars['state'] = form.vars.state
> form2.process()
> else:
> form2 = form
>
> return dict(form=form2)
>
>
>
> On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 2:06:46 PM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:
>>
>> Here is what I'm talking about:
>>
>> def update_something():
>> fields = [Field('name'),
>> Field('address', 'text'),
>> Field('city'),
>> Field('state'),
>> Field('zip_code')]
>>
>> form = SQLFORM.factory(*fields)
>>
>> if form.process().accepted:
>> # update the database here
>>
>> return dict(form=form)
>>
>> After the first time a user updates a record, I want the value of 'state'
>> to remain and everything else go back to the defaults. I know I can do it
>> by adding some code after form.process().accepted to save the value to the
>> session, and then check it before defining the fields, but 'form' doesn't
>> exist yet.
>>
>> I still think I must be missing something here....
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 12:30:44 PM UTC-5, Scott Hunter wrote:
>>>
>>> Isn't "the next time through the method" when there is a new submission,
>>> which would have the saved value in it (unless the user changed it)? Maybe
>>> a sample of your code would make things clearer.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:21:53 PM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but I need that value on the next time through the method.
>>>> Therefore I have to save it to my session and grab it the next time in.
>>>> Am
>>>> I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:19 PM Scott Hunter <shu...@nycap.rr.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Since the value in question is part of the current submission, isn't
>>>>> the value available in form.vars?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Scott
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 12:54:02 PM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was hoping to avoid those tricks. I too have done this by storing
>>>>>> values in the session to be redisplayed. I was hoping that the keepopts
>>>>>> argument to SQLFORM would allow you to specify which fields to keep, but
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> seems that is used for something else.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:48 AM Scott Hunter <shu...@nycap.rr.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recall doing this by "pre-populating" the field you want to keep
>>>>>>> with the old value.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Scott
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:10:42 AM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does anyone know how I can have a form 'keepvalues' but only keep
>>>>>>>> one specific field value? I don't want it to keep the values for all
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> fields, just for the one specific field.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone tried this before?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>>>>
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