use db._common_fields.append(auth.signature) in your model file. Read all
about it here. Use your browser's search to find
auth.signature.<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06>
Then in your index query use
db.comment.created_by==session.auth.user.id # users must be logged in for
this to work
On Monday, December 10, 2012 3:00:34 PM UTC-5, sasogeek wrote:
>
> I want to have multiple users using my app and each content they produce
> will be entitled to their accounts, that way if you make a comment for
> example, your name will be by the comment and if another user should see
> the comment, they'll see your name by the comment. if i can do this, i
> believe i can do it for any other produced content, but here're the code
> snippets followed by the problem I'm facing...
>
> ### Model ###
>
> db.define_table('comment',
> Field('content_id', 'reference content'),
> Field('author'),
> Field('body', 'text'))
>
> ### Controller ####
>
> def show():
> content = db.content(request.args(0)) or redirect(URL('index'))
> db.comment.content_id.default = content.id
> form = crud.create(db.comment,
> next=URL(args=content.id))
> form.custom.widget.author = auth.user.first_name +' '+
> auth.user.last_name
> comments = db(db.comment.content_id==content.id).select()
> return dict(content=content, comments=comments, form=form)
>
> ### View ###
>
> <div style="position:absolute; margin-top:0px;margin-left:100px;
> margin-right:100px; background-color:#ccc; width:1000;">
> {{if len(comments):}}
> <h4>Comments</h4>
> {{for comment in comments:}}
> <div>{{=comment.author}}: <i>{{=comment.body}}</i></div>
> {{pass}}
> {{else:}}
> <h2>No comments posted yet</h2>
> {{pass}}
> <h2>Post a comment</h2>
> {{=form.custom.begin}}
> <div style='float:left;'>Author:</div> <div style="overflow:hidden;
> margin-left:78;">{{=form.custom.widget.author}}</div>
> <div style='float:left;'>Comment:</div> <div style="overflow:hidden;
> margin-left:78;">{{=form.custom.widget.body}}</div>
> <div style='float:left;'></div> <div style="overflow:hidden;
> margin-left:78;">{{=form.custom.submit}}</div>
> {{=form.custom.end}}
>
> Problem: the comment displays None for the author but the comment itself
> is posted though. This line of code is in the models too.
> db.comment.author.writable = False
> That way, the author's name can't be altered and is automatically set to
> the currently logged in user's name.
>
>
> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZL1cDigsSlk/UMY-B6puAFI/AAAAAAAAADM/yww7xymjNHg/s1600/Screenshot+from+2012-12-10+16%3A26%3A48.png>
>
> How do I change the "None" to the name of the Author?
>
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