Hi Denes, Thanks a lot for the clarification. That said, the >not request.function=='first'< part of the if statement seems therefore useless, since this code is run only when requesting the 'second' function. Andre
On 19 août, 12:55, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi Andre, > > request.function has the name of the function called > i.e. the function part inhttp://ipadr:port/app/controller/function > > If request.function is always 'second' it means you are always > callinghttp://yourserverip:port/yourapp/default/second > > Hope this helps, > Denes > > On Aug 19, 2:33 am, dederocks <dediro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I want to give web2py a try, and so experiment as I follow the online > > web2py book. > > Chapter 3, section 'Postbacks', code snipet: > > > if not request.function=='first' and not session.visitor_name: > > redirect(URL('first')) > > > Does not appear to work as expected. request.function always returns > > 'second'. Is this normal? My understanding was that request.function > > should return the caller's url? > > In other words, changing the above code to: > > > if not request.function=='first': > > redirect(URL('first')) > > > Always sends you to the first page. > > > Sincerely, > > > Andre
