I would make a lookup table instead of using IS_IN_SET(), than use
IS_IN_DB(db, 'countries.country_code', db.countries.country_name)...

db.define_table('countries',
    Field('country_code',...),
    Field('country_name',...))

Richard


On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Daniel Gonzalez <gonva...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following map:
>
>     countries = {
>         'DE': T('Germany'),
>         'ES': T('Spain'),
>         'IT': T('Italy'),
>         'US': T('United States')
>     }
>
> Which I am using to create a form, with the following entry:
>
> TR(T("Country:"),            SELECT(*countries,        _name="country",
>        requires=IS_IN_SET(countries)))
>
> My problem is that the form is not showing the real names ('Germany',
> 'Spain', ...), but the codes ('DE', 'ES', ...). How can I make sure that
> the real names are shown, *but* the code is returned when selected?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
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>
>
>
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