Yes, here is how

db.category.parent.requires=IS_NULL_OR(IS_IN_DB (db,'category.id','%
(title)s'))

On May 18, 9:39 am, James Booker <[email protected]> wrote:
> Suppose I have this table defined:
>
> db.define_table('category',
>                     SQLField('title'),
>                     SQLField('parent','reference category'))
> db.category.parent.requires=IS_NULL_OR(IS_IN_DB (db,'category.id','%
> (id)s'))
>
> And I then use the administrative interface to insert a new row into
> the database, the 'category' field only contains the id numbers of
> existing categories. I would like the combobox that's created to show
> the 'title' field but use the 'id' field (as indeed it should)
>
> Is there an easy way to make this automatic (like in cakephp) or do I
> have to create some code in a controller function to do it?
>
> Thanks
> James
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