Note that when there are no values in the set then *no* input type=radio fields are created in the form, so there is nothing to send when you submit the form.
On Feb 7, 10:38 pm, Dan <ideall...@googlemail.com> wrote: > You are right, if I used an non-empty list to submit, both forms work > fine. > so the widget = SQLFORM.widgets.radio.widget did have different > behavior to the form submission.