thanks M / very speedy concise reply.
p 138/139 explains it all - sorry to have missed this detail.

On Apr 30, 6:45 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> This
>
> db.user.email.requires=[IS_NOT_EMPTY(),IS_LOWER(),IS_NOT_IN_DB
> (db,db.user.email)]
>
> is only enforced at the level for form validation. If you want the
> database to enforce integrity
>
> db.define_table('user',
>
> >                 SQLField('email', 'string', length=320, unique=True),
> >                 SQLField('hash','string'))
>
> On Apr 30, 12:07 pm, Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have this in my model: db.py:
>
> > db.define_table('user',
> >                 SQLField('email', 'string', length=320),
> >                 SQLField('hash','string'))
> > db.user.email.requires=[IS_NOT_EMPTY(),IS_LOWER(),IS_NOT_IN_DB(db,
> > db.user.email)]
>
> > In my controller: default.py:
>
> > try:
> > uid = db.user.insert(email=request.vars.email,
> >                                    hash=converted)
> > except:
> >    etc...
>
> > I can execute the controller code again and again with the same value
> > in request.vars.email with success. I was expecting an exception to be
> > throw (which I would catch) when I tried to insert an existing email
> > address.
>
> > What am I missing?
>
> > Can anyone help?
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