Thanks, Bruce. Tried that approach, but it still gave me the error div on the form, though there was no message.
If the password is long enough, I get the standard login failed message in flash. If the password is too short, login gives me the red error banner, even if it's blank. On Mar 12, 3:06 pm, Bruce Wade <bruce.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > error_message = '' and error_message = None are treated as the samething. > > Try: > error_message = ' ' > > Haven't tried but that may give you a black message like you want. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Cliff <cjk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My login is pretty much vanilla Web2py. No changes to default.py > > users. > > > In the model I have this: > > > comment = '' > > if request.controller=='auth_user': > > comment = SPAN('Must be at least 12 characters in length', > > _style='color:orange;' > > ) > > db.define_table( > > auth.settings.table_user_name, > > Field('first_name', length=128, default=''), > > Field('middle_name', length=128, default=''), > > Field('last_name', length=128, default=''), > > Field('generation', length=128, default=''), > > Field('email', length=128, default='', unique=True, > > comment=email_comment), # required > > Field('password', 'password', length=128, # required > > readable=False, label='Password', > > comment=comment), > > ), > > # .... blah blah more details + required fields > > ) > > > custom_auth_table.password.requires = [ > > IS_STRONG(min=12, max=128, upper=None, lower=None, > > number=None, special=None,), CRYPT() > > ] > > > If I set error_message to an empty string or None in the model, > > attempting to log in with password 'foo' causes the error banner > > to appear with "None" as the caption. If I don't set error_message > > I get the banner with the error message from IS_STRONG(). > > > What am I doing wrong? What can I do about this? > > -- > -- > Regards, > Bruce > Wadehttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/brucelwadehttp://www.wadecybertech.comhttp://www.warplydesigned.comhttp://www.fitnessfriendsfinder.com