Maybe you could find some inspiration from this project for Django : http://code.google.com/p/django-dynamic-formset/
You need to install Django to test it... What you seems to do is adding an arbitrary number of input for a given field... Following good database design pratice you will normalise your schema... I had try to find a solution similar to django dynamic formset, but I give up in the pass. You have this thread that could maybe bring some answer : http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/50af0d67554c94d9/ad553c6a5514ecc7?pli=1 Web2py let you do this : http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07?search=filter#One-form-for-multiple-tables But you can't have fields with the same name in your table... Finally it maybe possible with component now to load a arbitrary number of fields inputs for a given table and with jQuery submit the differents forms as one I would investigate in that direction too... Good luck Richard On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Luis Goncalves <lgoncal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Richard! > > I looked at this, but wasn't sure how it could help -- what I need is a way > for a (non-technical) admin to create profile forms with arbitrary fields > (through a friendly web interface), and then users to be able to view and > edit their (run-time reconfigurable) profiles. > > At any rate, the method I described above seems to work quite well, thanks > to web2py's versatility, allowing me to define forms programmatically > (excerpt below). > > I was wondering if there was a more clever/efficient/proper way to do so. > Perhaps not! > > Thanks!! > Luis. > > for field in event_fields: > # see if person has a pre-defined value > found = False > for my_efield in me.event_field: > if my_efield.display_title == field.display_title: > found = True > break > > if found: > if field.data_type == 'string': > new_input = INPUT(_type = field.data_type, _name = > field.id, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), _value=my_efield.data ) > form[0].insert(-2, TR(field.display_title+':', new_input > )) > > elif field.data_type == 'text': > ..... > else: > if field.data_type == 'string': > new_input = INPUT(_type = field.data_type, _name = > field.id, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()) > form[0].insert(-2, TR(field.display_title+':', new_input > )) > > elif field.data_type == 'text': > .... > > >
