Please open a ticket about this. I am not sure whether this is the intended behavior. I need to check it.
On Monday, 12 November 2012 09:08:50 UTC-6, Maciej KwiecieĊ wrote: > > > Dear All, > > In the web2py online book, in Chapter 3 - Overview, part > 'Image-Blog<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03#An-image-blog>' > there > is the line of code: > > db.comment.image_id.writable = db.comment.image_id.readable = False > > Later, in the following part, "Adding > grids"<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03#Adding-grids>the > SQLFORM.smartgrid is introduced. > > Unfortunately, because of the previous line of code, the smartgrid is not > working as advertised - the "Comments" link is not shown on the grid. > > I've spent few hours looking for the reason (including debugging the > smartgrid code itself) to finally find out that smartgrid requires the > referenced / linked field to be "readable". > > 1. What is the reason for that? > The grid logic would work perfectly correct even with the > image_id.readable = False. > > 2. Is there a chance to mention that in the example in web2py book? > It was really frustrating for me to find out that the example from the > book doesn't work the way it supposed to. > > Thank you! > Maciej > --
