Can you provide more details regarding what you have tried? How are you creating the form and posting to web2py? Are you querying local databases that you are modeling with the DAL, or are you querying some external API's?
When you submit a form to web2py (via GET or POST), the variables will be available in request.vars (also in request.get_vars if a GET request and request.post_vars if a POST request). If you create the form via a web2py FORM or SQLFORM, then once the form has been processed, the values will also be in form.vars. From there it's up to you to use the values to construct your query. Anthony On Saturday, January 12, 2013 6:10:05 PM UTC-5, Mihir Lade wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > I've read the chapters a few times however having difficulty understanding > a HTML search page would pass the information to a function where it > queries multiple databases to return the data? > > On Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:14:07 AM UTC+10:30, Alan Etkin wrote: >> >> The book has anything you are asking for and much more. For an >> introduction to forms and controllers I think you could check the examples >> at Overview: >> >> http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03#Overview >> >> Also, there are appliances available you can use as example: >> >> http://www.web2py.com/appliances >> >> Once you have learned using the basic API you can check for more examples >> at: >> >> http://www.web2pyslices.com >> >> >> El sábado, 12 de enero de 2013 07:13:11 UTC-3, Mihir Lade escribió: >>> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> I am currently working on an assignment where I need to create a >>> function which would query the database to search flights available >>> according to the users input through the HTML form. I have attached a >>> picture of the HTML form. >>> >>> Basically the user, selects the origin, the destination, oneway/return, >>> departure date, arrival date, etc etc and than clicks submit. >>> >>> This should than return all the flights available in a different page, >>> however I am having difficulty actually writing the function that will >>> query the database to do this. >>> >>> I am not sure how the HTML form would pass the values to the >>> searchFlights() function and what the function may look like.. >>> >>> Can some one please assist me with this? Any help with this would be >>> REALLY appreciated. >>> >>> Thank you in advanced. >>> >> --
