There is a issue about that :
http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=382
So it seems that it still pending? Do you have the last stable version?
Richard
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM, David Marko <dma...@tiscali.cz> wrote:
> Just taking the example from web2py manual as below, how can I force web2py
> to show dropdown for father_id and mother_id fields with existing person
> items/values? For self-reference definition I cannot use IS_IN_DB validator,
> so there are no widgets displayed.
>
> db.define_table('person',
> Field <http://www.web2py.com/book/default/docstring/Field>('name'),
> Field <http://www.web2py.com/book/default/docstring/Field>('father_id',
> 'reference
> person'),
> Field <http://www.web2py.com/book/default/docstring/Field>('mother_id',
> 'reference
> person'))
>
>
