> > Is it possible to get the display_name (virtual field) to appear/behave as > a 'normal' field in the grid? >
No. Searching and sorting are handled via database queries, and the virtual field values are not stored in the database but are calculated in Python *after* records are fetched from the database. The simplest alternative might be to use a computed field. Alternatively, you could further develop your approach of adapting the db.task.person field for your purposes. For that to work, you would have to implement custom search functionality (the "searchable" argument can be a function that generates a custom search query, and the "search_widget" argument can be a custom search widget for the UI). If you want proper sorting, you would also have to intercept sorting requests and override with a custom "orderby" argument. Anthony -- 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.
