SQLFORM was never meant to be the only option for form generation and processing. It was meant to be an example. It got so big because people kept submitting good patches.
I hope to see alternatives to SQLFORM (XFORM?) with compatible syntax but different functionality. Not all options/aternatives have to be distributed with web2py. The more we create a market for components and plugins, the better. This is not so really up to me. I like the idea of XFORM and home one of you will take the lean and the task of building it. Massimo On Jul 1, 6:56 pm, Hans <[email protected]> wrote: > Another interesting XForms implementation seems to mehttp://www.orbeon.com/ > > I guess > * 'fully interactive forms' without the need for writing form code/ > AJAX/... see Form Builder > * 'as-you-type-validation' > * 'form submissions are handled for you' > * 'no more struggling with AJAX/scripting languages or browser > incompatibilities' > would go on my x-mas wish list to Santa Massimo ;-) > > Hans > > On 1 Jul., 19:13, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > right now you can do > > > requires=IS_IN_DB(...) # options or > > requires=[IS_IN_DB(...)] # no options > > both cases validate the same serverside. > > > I think the same may work with XForms > > > On Jul 1, 11:36 am, Hans Donner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > depending on the volume of the data the IS_IN_DB can be included (eg > > > data in javascript or so), so with jquery you can do some checking. > > > > in the end, validation must always be done on the server side > > > > 2009/7/1 mdipierro <[email protected]>: > > > > > this > > > > >> IS_NOT_IN_DB = I don't see how to support this > > > > > would only be serverside so nothing to do. > > > > > On Jul 1, 10:56 am, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Jul 1, 4:39 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > If XForms hanles select/options it must be possible to send the > > > >> > options. no? > > > > >> IS_IN_SET = no problem > > > >> IS_IN_DB = ok, although we should continually refresh the form to see > > > >> new data being added > > > >> IS_NOT_IN_DB = I don't see how to support this > > > > >> The 'only show this field if previous answer was x' has no direct > > > >> Web2Py model analogue > > > >> - I use jQuery to achieve this kind of thing in HTML views > > > >> Am not sure if we can add something within Web2Py model to handle both > > > >> of these programatically or whether this will always have to be > > > >> something we touch up manually afterwards. > > > >> e.g. I have 'unit_cost' for One-time costs & > > > >> 'monthly_cost'/'minute_cost'/'megabyte_cost' for Recurring costs > > > > >> F > > > > >> > On Jul 1, 10:28 am, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > Whilst most stuff seems starightforward, the harder cases are > > > >> > > things > > > >> > > like: > > > > >> > > db.budget_item.code.requires = IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, 'budget_item.code') > > > >> > > Obviously if working offline then this referencedata isn't > > > >> > > available > > > >> > > - I guess we just have to ignore that within the XForm itself & > > > >> > > handle > > > >> > > it during form submission. > > > > >> > > db.Field('created_on', 'datetime', readable=False, writable=False, > > > >> > > default=request.now) > > > >> > > The Hidden field part is straightfwd (just don't provide a Control) > > > >> > > But the default value doesn't make sense to be within the form > > > >> > > definition as it makes sense at submission time per-instance not > > > >> > > as a > > > >> > > default when form is downloaded to device! (Same goes for uuid) > > > >> > > datetime may need some tweaking - this is available: <bind > > > >> > > nodeset="created-on" type="date" /> > > > > >> > > F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
