I would like to make it part of the URL....but am unsure how to do it...any tutorials or a quick way?
On Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:59:29 PM UTC-6, Anthony wrote: > > Oh, yeah, I guess you probably can't use the id in a compute because there > is no id until the record has been inserted. You could instead make the id > part of the URL (like Stack Overflow), or maybe make it a virtual field, or > generate your own unique id (separate from the record id). > > Anthony > > On Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:34:22 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info Anthony... >> When I do this: >> Field('slug', compute=lambda row: IS_SLUG()(row.title + "-" + str( >> row.id))[0]) >> >> I get none as a slug... >> >> >> >> On Saturday, August 25, 2012 5:53:49 PM UTC-6, Anthony wrote: >>> >>> Sure, something like that seems fine. Look at what SO does -- for >>> example: >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12050934/web2py-build-forms-in-controller-or-view. >>> >>> I think they use the number as the unique record identifier, but also >>> include a slug (which doesn't necessarily have to be unique). >>> >>> Anthony >>> >>> On Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:16:50 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote: >>>> >>>> This runs into a problem where if I have two items of the same 'title', >>>> the user will only be linked to the first one that was created. Can I make >>>> it so the slug is a field that I designate? Or make it so the slug adds a >>>> incrementing number such as: >>>> Field('slug', compute=lambda row: IS_SLUG()(row.title *+ row.id* >>>> )[0]) >>>> I know thats not how you do it, but do you get what I mean? Is there a >>>> better way? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, August 23, 2012 1:18:16 AM UTC-6, Anthony wrote: >>>>> >>>>> links = [lambda ro >>>>>> w: A('Details',_href=URL('default','show', args=[row.slug]))] >>>>>> fields = [db.equipment.category, db.equipment.title, >>>>>> db.equipment.price] >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You have not included "slug" in your list of fields, so I believe it >>>>> will not be included in the data query. Instead of specifying the list of >>>>> fields, you can set the readable attribute to False for fields you don't >>>>> want displayed (including "slug"). In that case, all fields will be >>>>> included in the query (including "slug"), but only the fields you want to >>>>> show will be visible in the grid. >>>>> >>>>> Anthony >>>>> >>>> --