Not long at all. Many thanks!
On Nov 10, 8:51 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> bug. Fixed in trunk. Sorry it took so long.
>
> On Nov 8, 10:38 pm, "richard.ree" <richard.h....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I want to upload a file and store it in a blob field:
>
> > db.define_table(
> > "data",
> > Field("citation", "string", required=True, notnull=True),
> > Field("datafile", "upload", uploadfield="data"),
> > Field("data", "blob"),
> > )
>
> > But if I insert a record (through SQLFORM or admin) but leave the
> > datafile field empty, i.e., I input a citation but not a file, I get
> > this error:
>
> > web2py Version 1.88.2 (2010-10-29 23:04:43)
>
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in
> > restricted
> > exec ccode in environment
> > File "/home/rree/web2py/applications/mytest/controllers/
> > appadmin.py", line 410, in <module>
> > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 96, in <lambda>
> > self._caller = lambda f: f()
> > File "/home/rree/web2py/applications/mytest/controllers/
> > appadmin.py", line 125, in insert
> > if form.accepts(request.vars, session):
> > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py", line 1105, in accepts
> > value = fields[fieldname]
> > KeyError: 'data'
>
> > How to make the upload field optional?
>
> > Thanks
> > -Rick
>
>
