Thank you. That worked great!

On Friday, 7 November 2014 11:10:06 UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
>
> It's easy enough if you have a separate search-form:
>
> searchform = SQLFORM.factory(...)
> form = None
> if searchform.process().accepted:
>     form = SQLFORM.grid(...)
>
> If you're wanting to use the built-in grid search tool, you could set the 
> query to return 0 results unless keywords is in get_vars:
>
> def search_person():
>    db.person.id.readable = False
>    query = (db.tenant) if request.get_vars.keywords else (db.tenant.id==0)
>    ...    
>    form = SQLFORM.grid(query = query, headers = headers, create=False, 
> deletable=False, editable=False, maxtextlength=64, paginate=4)
>              
>    return dict(form=form)
>
>
>
> On Sunday, 2 November 2014 19:08:26 UTC, Wayne Tooley wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone;
>> I'm new to web2py and love it. I have a simple question that I can't seem 
>> to find a simple answer to. 
>> I want to use SQLFORM.gid but not to load any values unless searched for. 
>> Maybe I'm using the wrong thing but is there a simple way to do this?
>>
>> my code is this:
>>
>> def search_person():
>> db.person.id.readable = False
>> query = (db.tenant)
>> fields = (db.person.name)
>> headers = {'db.person.name': 'Name'}
>> grid =False #does not work
>> form = SQLFORM.grid(query = query, headers = headers, create=False, 
>> deletable=False, editable=False, maxtextlength=64, paginate=4)
>>  return dict(form=form)
>>
>> any help or examples would be appreciated.....
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>

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