Anthony ...
got it working, thanks for all of your help!!
Best Regards,
On Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:25:39 AM UTC-6, Anthony wrote:
> It's still not clear exactly what isn't working.
>
> @auth.requires_login()
>> record = db(db.bike.bike_identifier != "").select()[0]
>> assert(record != None)
>> form = SQLFORM(db.bike, record, showid=False)
>> # Default a form value
>> #form.vars.bike_identifier = record.bike_identifier
>> form.add_button("Cancel", URL("index"))
>> *form.add_button("Print_Tag", URL("tagprint",
>> args=record.bike_identifier))
>> *
>>
>
> Have you verified whether record.bike_identifier contains a value and
> whether the button does in fact end up pointing to a URL with that value as
> an arg at the end of the URL?
>
>
>> # Print completed tags
>> **
>> @auth.requires_login()
>> def tagprint():
>> Title = "For Sale"
>> req = request.vars['bike_identifier']
>> * Rows = db(db.bike.bike_identifier==request.args(0)).select()
>> * for row in Rows:
>> bike_identifier = row.bike_identifier
>> serial = row.serial
>> make = row.make
>> model = row.model
>> size = row.size
>> color = row.color
>> style = row.style
>> date_of_receipt = row.date_of_receipt
>> repairs = row.repairs_done
>> price = row.price
>> return dict(Title=Title, req=req)
>>
>
> I'm not sure what the problem is above. The only place you access
> request.args(0) is in the definition of Rows, but your function never
> returns anything from Rows, so how would you know whether request.args(0)
> does in fact contain the value you expect it to have? Your function does
> return req, but that is defined as request.vars['bike_identifier'], which
> will be None because the request made to this function does not include any
> vars. If you want 'bike_identifier' to be passed as a GET variable to the
> tagprint function, then your URL() call in the first function should be:
>
> URL("tagprint", vars=dict(bike_identifier=record.bike_identifier))
>
> Then you'll get a URL that looks like
> /yourapp/default/tagprint?bike_identifier=[bike identifier value].
>
> Anthony
>
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