Thanks Villas. That did it :) I thought I could do it directly through editable, so spent some time trying in different ways, but didn't realize that created_by (field i was filtering on) was readable=writable=False, hahaha...
Thanks for a quick answer On Monday, December 17, 2012 6:46:41 PM UTC-5, villas wrote: > > In this case I usually make editable=False and then make my own 'Edit' > link button for just those records the user is allowed to change. > > > On Monday, December 17, 2012 8:09:47 PM UTC, Adi wrote: >> >> Is it possible to display all rows in grid, but make editable only a row >> that belongs to a particular user? Tried searching if someone else did it, >> but couldn't find any reference... >> >> Tried following code, without success: >> >> def check(row): return (row.created_by == 1) #auth.user_id >> >> def suppliers(): >> grid=SQLFORM.grid(q, ... >> editable=lambda row: check(row), >> # or, a second solution: >> # editable=lambda row: row.created_by==auth.user_id, >> >> >> A filter will do it, but all other rows will not be displayed, which is >> not what I want: >> db.supplier._common_filter = lambda query: >> (db.supplier.created_by <> auth.user_id) >> >> >> Thanks, >> Adnan >> >> --
