If a field is unchecked then it is not submitted in request.vars (that
is how html forms work). You can use
request.vars.get(field,False)
or
form.vars[field]
(as Thadeus suggested)
Massimo
On Aug 6, 4:17 pm, marcelielapointe <marcelielapoi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to acces request.vars.name_of_my_field, with
> request.vars['name_of_my_field'] with boolean field but if the field
> is unchecked (false) I got a KeyError like if field was not existing.
>
> Here is an example controller:
>
> def main():
>
> list_field = ['a','b','c']
>
> form = SQLFORM.factory(
> Field('a','boolean'),
> Field('b','boolean'),
> Field('c','boolean'))
>
> if form.accepts(request.vars,session, keepvalues=True):
>
> for field in list_field:
> print request.vars[field]
>
> return dict(form=form)
>
> If I check all three field everything works fine, but if one field is
> unchecked I got a key error when I try to access it.
>
> It is like the field doesn't exist until it is checked..?? doesn't
> make any sense to me...
