Hi,
I have a default value for a field defined on the table definition,
along with its validators.
I want to create a form with a different initial value for some
fields, based on the link the user clicked. Something like "add new
item for this category" and the new item form come with that category
pre-filled.
The way I found to do this was:
form = SQLFORM(db.mytable)
form.custom.widget['myfield']['value'] = request.args(0)
form.custom.widget['myfield']._postprocessing()
the _postprocessing() call was necessary in case of multiple options
widget (like Selects), else the selected option wouldn't be updated.
It works fine, but I believe I am messing with the inners of the
object, a bad programming practice, as the internal implementation may
change and break my app.
Is there a proper way of doing this?
Kind regards,
Fabiano.
