Can anyone please show example of how to capture the ID of a record that is the result of a form search?
Does it involve using the request.vars.id? I read the chapters but need more specific format example. Thanks, Alex On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 5:48:26 AM UTC-7, Cliff Kachinske wrote: > > Look here to understand models, views and controllers > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/01 > > Two excellent examples to show how much code should go into a view are > views/default/index.html and views/layout.html. > > Look here to understand about parent and child records > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#One-to-many-relation > > Continue reading through this also > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#Many-to-many > > > On Monday, April 1, 2013 2:04:04 PM UTC-4, Alex Glaros wrote: >> >> Can anyone show the syntax for getting the parent ID from a record that I >> have just retrieved as a result of a search? >> >> Related to my request, there's a great example on how to create a loop >> for adding child records to a parent on the slices website: >> http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1612/ajax-adding-child-records-to-parent. >> >> The slices example shows a looping child addition for all of the parents. >> I want to focus on just one parent record that is the result of a search. >> >> I'd like an example showing a parent record getting searched for, then >> having that one parent ID captured in a global variable, so I can pass it >> on as a FK for the children records. I'll use the slices example to add >> the child records. >> >> What is additionally confusing for me is knowing what parts go in the >> viewer and what parts go in the controller. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex Glaros >> > -- --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

