you're two or more steps ahead than your brain ....
def display_form():
in a controller named "thecontroller.py"
will work ok as long as in a view
views/thecontroller/display_form.html
there's a
{{=form}}
written inside.
If you want to copy/paste examples in the book at least read the previous
chapters .... http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04#Dispatching
will help you o understand a lot of things.
On Friday, January 18, 2013 5:54:46 PM UTC+1, Alex Glaros wrote:
>
> I (1) created the "person" table in models, (2) typed in the function
> displayed in my original post in the controller, then (3) inserted
> {{=form}} in /views/default/index.html but receive this error:
>
> <type 'exceptions.NameError'> name 'form' is not defined
> I'm just trying to make the example in the documentation work so that the
> person table works/appears on the html view.
>
> thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> On Friday, January 18, 2013 7:01:29 AM UTC-8, DenesL wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> it is exactly that form, the one returned in the dictionary by the
>> display_form function.
>>
>> There is nothing wrong with other functions returning the same variable
>> unless you use them in the same view.
>> Normally each function has its own view.
>>
>> Denes
>>
>
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