> > Take a webservice as an example, doesn't have a form to present. Does > the model need it? > > > >Just because one consumer of a model doesn't require a particular > attribute does not mean that attribute doesn't belong to the model. The > webservice might not need the model's validators either, but that doesn't > mean the model shouldn't have validators. > > Yes, the webservice need them. To insert, update and delete, data need to > be validated. >
A read-only webservice does not need validation. Anyway, the point was that the model need not be defined as the minimal set of attributes required by any given consumer. Anthon -- 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/d/optout.
