whoops, actually, the book needs a fix on that.
now it's redirect with client_side=True
On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:40:47 PM UTC+1, Niphlod wrote:
>
> sounds like premature optimization / I don't want to use a LOAD :P
> did you try redirecting after the form with type='auto' ? (I think that
> that's a feature available in the last few releases...)
>
> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:31:09 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>
>> I want it to be loaded with AJAX and submitted normally. The reason is
>> two fold.
>>
>> 1. The page needs to be refreshed after the form is submitted.
>> 2. By loading the form by AJAX and Submitting normally I am at least
>> cutting full page loads down by 50%
>>
>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 21:41:23 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm loosing you (too much asked, too little information).
>>> - you have a page -->done
>>> - you want a form loaded into a page --> done
>>> - you want it to be submitted to the url that is loaded from --> done
>>> (if it's loaded through ajax, that means that you don't want to reload the
>>> main page, so it can't be submitted with anything else)
>>>
>>> now what ?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 10:34:48 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Your right. Thanks mate. I was getting confused over cid. But anyway it
>>>> works great for creating the form.
>>>>
>>>> I notice that the form also submits via AJAX. How do I make it submit
>>>> normally so that I can have the page refreshed? I need the users list of
>>>> subscribed Charts and some other details to be updated after submitting
>>>> the
>>>> form.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 21:04:35 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> doesn't it already (provided that there is a <div id='whatever'></div>
>>>>> in the page) ?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:36:27 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you, but how do I implement this in my view so that it loads
>>>>>> the form into a div when the link is clicked?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 20:00:52 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wait a sec. callback and target are meant to load a fragment via
>>>>>>> ajax, but that doesn't "fire" all the logic needed to intercept FORMs
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> _callback and _target are meant roughly as an "onclick" under
>>>>>>> steroids. (under the hood it translates to an onclick="ajax(url,
>>>>>>> target)")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you're trying to achieve is probably offered by the LOAD
>>>>>>> helper, that can be exploited in an A() using _href and cid
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A('Add to My Charts',_href=URL('subscribe_form',vars={'chartname':
>>>>>>> 'whatever'}), cid='whatever')
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That will load the component and trap all links and form
>>>>>>> submissions, because it translates to an onclick="web2py_component(url,
>>>>>>> target)"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 8:39:50 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The URL with the form in
>>>>>>>> is web2py_xlchart_dashboard/charts/user_charts so without an action it
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> submit to *user_charts*, but I need it to submit to*subscribe_form
>>>>>>>> *which is the function that was called by AJAX to generate the
>>>>>>>> Form.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> or am I not understanding something?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 19:26:46 UTC, Derek wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why would you need to create an action for the form? Are you not
>>>>>>>>> using self submit?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:22:03 PM UTC-7, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have this piece of code that calls a function in my controller
>>>>>>>>>> when clicked.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> {{=A('Add to My Charts',callback=URL('subscribe_form',vars={
>>>>>>>>>> 'chartname':chart.chartName}),target=str(chart.chartName).replace
>>>>>>>>>> ('.','_'))}}
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The subscribe_form function looks like this
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> def subscribe_form():
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> form =
>>>>>>>>>> SQLFORM(db.user_chart,fields=['title','description'],hidden=dict(chartname=request.vars['chartname']))
>>>>>>>>>> if form.process().accepted:
>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'form accepted'
>>>>>>>>>> elif form.errors:
>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'form has errors'
>>>>>>>>>> else:
>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'please fill out the form'
>>>>>>>>>> return form
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Form is created by AJAX, but it's action is blank.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do I have to specify the action myself if I am build a Form via
>>>>>>>>>> AJAX?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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