What if you do: SQLFORM.smartgrid(..., oncreate=crud.archive, onupdate=crud.archive)
or SQLFORM.smartgrid(..., onupdate=lambda form: crud.archive(form, archive_current=False)) Note, archive_current=False tells it to archive the previous record (the one being updated) rather than the current record (the updated version). Anthony On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:54:35 AM UTC-5, Cliff wrote: > > This also works SQLFORM.smartgrid(..., onvalidation=crud.archive... > > But, I now discover archive never saves the original record. You can > edit the record and it saves the edits, but it never gets the first > version of it. > > This statement from the Official Book"on updating, it stores a copy of > the record (as it was before the update)" is incorrect, at least as > far as smartgrid is concerned. I haven't tried it with SQLFORM by > itself or with CRUD. > > On Dec 27, 9:38 am, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Have you tried: > > > > form = SQLFORM.smartgrid(..., onupdate=auth.archive) > > > > Also, note there is also crud.archive, which is the same as > auth.archive. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 27, 2011 7:22:34 AM UTC-5, Cliff wrote: > > > > > This is some ugly code that makes auth.archive() work with smartgrid: > > > > > if len(request.args) > 3 and request.args[-4] == 'owner' and\ > > > request.args[-3] == 'edit' and request.args[-2]=='owner'\ > > > and form[2].process(onsuccess=auth.archive).accepted: > > > pass > > > > > Surely there must be a better way. Any and all hints gratefully > > > accepted.
