Have you looked at SQLFORM? http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#SQLFORM
-Jim On Friday, January 17, 2014 10:55:55 AM UTC-6, Keith Planer wrote: > > > So here's my method as-is right now: > > def diagnosis_lookup(): > ... > var=request.args(0) > ... > if var is not None: > query=db((db.diagnosis.consumer_id==request.args(0))).select( > orderby=~db.diagnosis.id) > form = FORM( > TABLE( > TR( > "Diagnosis: ", INPUT(_name='diag') > ), > ... > TR(INPUT(_type='submit')) > ) > ) > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > db.diagnosis.update( > diag_text=form.vars.diag, > ... > consumer_id=request.args(0) > ) > query = db((db.diagnosis.consumer_id==request.args(0))).select( > orderby=~db.diagnosis.id) > return locals() > > What I want to do is bring back whatever is already in the row so the form > will be filled out when the page first loads. Or if its a new record, for > the form to be blank. > so I'm under the impression that the form should look something like: > "Diagnosis: ", INPUT(_name='diag',_value=<db.diagnosis.diag_text>) > but I haven't found an example of how it should look. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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.

