Here's an alternative breadcrumb generator that handles object names like this...
if len(request.args) > 0: # tune this value. grid & smartgrid use longer arg lists if 'name' in db[request.controller].fields: item_name = 'editing ' + db[request.controller][args[-1]]].name else: item_name = 'editing item #' + request.args[-1] bc_list.append(A(item_name, _href=URL(....))) # On Feb 16, 4:26 am, Roderick <roderick.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Massimo and Anthony > > Created the following > issue:http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=663 > > Unfortunately the fix doesn't work on the breadcrumbs - still getting > the index - although it does work on row data... > > Thanks & regards, > > Roderick > > On Feb 14, 4:44 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks fixed in trunk now. > > > On Feb 14, 6:18 am, Roderick <roderick.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Being a noob at Python and Web2py, this is the best I could come up with: > > > > In sqlhtml.py, insert the 2nd try block (below "name = db[referee]._format > > > % record") as follows: > > > > try: > > > name = db[referee]._format % record > > > except TypeError: > > > try: > > > name = db[referee]._format(record) > > > except TypeError: > > > name = id > > > > This seems to work for "format=%(name)s" and "format=lambda record: > > > record.name" formats. > > > > If anyone has a better/cleaner solution I'd like to hear it.. > > > > Thanks!