It is not enabled by default simply for performance reasons.
On Monday, 3 December 2012 13:08:01 UTC-6, David Tucker wrote:
>
> Wow thanks for that check_reserved=['all'] tip, turns out I had a few
> illegal names that weren't causing problems yet. I wonder why it's not
> enabled by default.
>
>
> On Saturday, December 1, 2012 2:01:17 PM UTC-8, David Tucker wrote:
>>
>> I'm editing my data model in db.py and trying to add a field to a table
>> of accounts that groups them using a foreign key.
>>
>> Field('group', 'reference groups', ondelete='CASCADE',
>> required=True, default=db(db.groups).select().first().id),
>>
>> causes a ticket that reads: and causes web2py to freeze
>> (must force quit and reopen); however,
>>
>> Field('groupd', 'reference groups', ondelete='CASCADE',
>> required=True, default=db(db.groups).select().first().id),
>>
>> works fine.
>>
>> Can someone explain why this is? Also, is there a better/more elegant way
>> to specify a default for 'reference' types? Basically I want the default to
>> be the first entry in the 'groups' table (which is a generic 'ungrouped'
>> group).
>>
>> Thank you for any help, I'm a web2py noob coming from a PHP/MySQL
>> background.
>>
>>
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