That hasn't worked for me. When I try, I get the error:<type 'exceptions.KeyError'> 'name'
It points to the smartgrid I made, with this code: grid = SQLFORM<http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/SQLFORM> .smartgrid(db.dog) Thanks! -Joe Peacock On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:22:53 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote: > > You should probably make it a reference field. By default, if you don't > specify any "requires", you'll automatically get an IS_IN_DB validator as > well as a "represent" attribute that displays whatever is specifying by the > "format" attribute of the referenced table. However, if you specify your > own validator(s), then you don't get any default "represent" -- so just add > your own explicit represent: > > db.define_table('dog', > Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('name'), > Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('owner', db. > person, > requires=IS_EMPTY_OR<http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_EMPTY_OR> > (IS_IN_DB <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_DB>(db, ' > person.id', '%(name)')), > represent=lambda id, row: db.person(id).name), > format = '%(name)s') > > Anthony > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:26:52 AM UTC-4, joe wrote: >> >> Is there any way to make a field in a form referencing a foreign key >> null, while storing a foreign key as a foreign key, but making dropdowns >> corrospond to the format. Here is my example: >> >> Model: >> >> db = DAL >> <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/DAL>('sqlite://storage.sqlite') >> >> db.define_table('person', >> Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('name'), >> Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('email'), >> format = '%(name)s') >> >> db.define_table('dog', >> Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('name'), >> Field <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/Field>('owner', >> requires = IS_EMPTY_OR >> <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_EMPTY_OR>(IS_IN_DB >> <http://127.0.0.1:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_DB>(db,db.person))), #I >> have also tried default=None, and required = False, no difference >> format = '%(name)s') >> >> >> Controller: >> >> *from gluon.tools import Crud >> crud = Crud(db) >> >> def index(): >> form = SQLFORM(db.person) >> if form.process().accepted: >> response.flash = 'success' >> return dict(form=form) >> >> def add_dog(): >> form = SQLFORM(db.dog) >> if form.process().accepted: >> response.flash = 'success' >> return dict(form=form) >> >> def view(): >> grid = SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.dog) >> grid2 = crud.select(db.person) >> return dict(grid=grid, grid2=grid2) >> * >> >> * >> * >> >> When I have the above code, a foreign key will be stored in the database, >> but all views of that key will be rendered as the numerical value of the >> foreign key, and not the name. In the table definition, if I just have >> *db.person* instead of requires = *IS_EMPTY_OR*(*IS_IN_DB*(db,db.person)), >> It requires the field. >> >> >> Are there any workarounds? >> >> -Joe Peacock >> >> --
