That works! Thanks!
--Peter
On Oct 8, 12:17 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
> You can set those in your controller dynamically.
>
> for example
>
> def admin_edit():
> db.tablename.fieldname.writable = True
> db.tablename.fieldname.readable = True
>
> return dict(form=crud(db.tablename))
>
> def normal_edit():
> db.tablename.fieldname.writable = False
> db.tablename.fieldname.readable = False
>
> return dict(form=crud(db.tablename))
>
> -Thadeus
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Peter Woolf <pwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This could work, but this solution is more permanent than I want.
> > I'd like to make it so that I could dynamically select the fields I
> > want to edit. I know I can do it with SQLform but without all of the
> > nice features that crud provides.
>
> > Other thoughts?
> > thanks!
> > --Peter
>
> > On Oct 8, 11:30 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
> > > Try setting the fields that you do not want edited with their
> > > writable=False. Then using the basic {{=form}} syntax.
>
> > > db.tablename.fieldname.writable = False
> > > db.tablename.fieldname.readable = False
>
> > > -Thadeus
>
> > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Peter Woolf <pwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,I'm very pleased with how helpful crud is, but am having some
> > > > problems with the custom forms. I have a table with multiple fields,
> > but I
> > > > want to use a custom crud form to just change *one* field in this form.
> > > > When I try to do this with =form.custom.widget the database does not
> > update.
> > > > The only way I can get it to update is to let the user change *all* of
> > the
> > > > fields. I've made up a small example (attached) to display this. If I
> > > > change the person's name, it does not work, but if I add in to the view
> > the
> > > > line
> > > > {{=form.custom.widget.age}}
> > > > then the database will be updated. Any thoughts on a workaround? Am I
> > > > doing something wrong or is this a bug?
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > --Peter
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