The code is here: http://code.google.com/p/web2py/source/browse/gluon/tools.py#1452
Uniqueness is checked via the form validators rather than unique=True (which is enforced at the database level). The validators are more useful because they display a user friendly error message on the form rather than causing a database operational error and a 500 response. Anthony On Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:11:39 AM UTC-5, Yarin wrote: > > Why are email/username fields not created with (unique=True) by default? > Since these fields are use to identify users, non-unique values would > clearly break auth. > > (Side note: where is the code for defining the default auth table fields > located?- can't find it anywhere) > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
