hi is it possible to create a text field in table 'advandced' containing 'name1' (no reference, just characters)
andrej On 10 nov., 15:22, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > ERRATA: > > do this: > > db.define.table('basic' > Field('name1') > ...,format='%(name1)s') > > db.define.table('advanced' > Field('name2',db.basic) > ...,format=lambda row: db.basic(row.name2).name1) > > # db.advanced.name.requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'basic.id','%(name1)s') > > db.define.table('data' > Field('something',db.advanced) > ...) > > but this is going to be SOOO slow. You are making two select per each > row in the dropdown. > > On Nov 4, 8:59 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > do this: > > > db.define.table('basic' > > Field('name1') > > ...,format='%(name1)s') > > > db.define.table('advanced' > > Field('name2',db.basic) > > ...,format='%(name2)s') > > > # db.advanced.name.requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'basic.id','%(name1)s') > > > db.define.table('data' > > Field('something',db.advanced) > > ...) > >