Ok, I found the answer. It's by putting in the entry ' autocomplete="off" '
in the <form element that
does not allow previous values to be accessed. This is the behavior I was
looking for.

But thanks Dave.

>From my testing and sample, I probably, like you will be using the FORM
construct for this project rather than
the SQLFORM libraries ...



*Ben Duncan*
DBA / Chief Software Architect
Mississippi State Supreme Court
Electronic Filing Division


On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 5:28 PM Dave S <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 1:17:50 PM UTC-8, Ben Duncan wrote:
>>
>> What is the best way to clear a form in web2py after it has been
>> submitted.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> *Ben Duncan*
>> DBA / Chief Software Architect
>> Mississippi State Supreme Court
>> Electronic Filing Division
>>
>
> If you're using the  usual FORM() and SQLFORM() helpers, your controller
> will either redirect away from the form, or return it again.  Unless you
> use "keepvalues=True"), the form will be cleared when it is redrawn.  Note
> that the user's browser may suggest previous input when the user starts
> entering values.
>
> If you're using an HTML FORM tag directly, you may need to refresh the
> page.  I don't speak from experience (although I've done FORM tags in other
> contexts).
>
> I don't know much about SQLFORM.factory/grid as I've only made limited use
> of them.  SQLTABLE falls outside your question.
>
> /dps
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