I had to remove the use of show_if and instead implement custom JS to show/hide fields based on the boolean field. With onvalidation function being used to preform validation.
Not sure that the show_if feature is properly implemented with regard to the validation system. Regards, James On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 11:26:40 PM UTC+10 James O' Driscoll wrote: > Hey mate, > > I got around that specific validator, however the is_in_set validator > causes the problem. (It’s needed to create the select field in HTML) > > I managed to get around it with onvalidation, doing the validation based > on a state of the control but this is adding more logic on the backend and > takes away from the model functionality. > > Regards, > James > > On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 10:57 pm, Leonel Câmara <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can change the field requires in the controller depending on whether >> the field should be shown doing something like this >> >> def index(): >> db.purchase.coupon_code.show_if = (db.purchase.have_coupon==True) >> if request.vars.have_coupon: >> db.purchase.coupon_code.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY() >> else: >> db.purchase.coupon_code.requires = IS_EMPTY() >> form = SQLFORM(db.purchase).process() >> return dict(form = form) >> >> db.purchase.coupon_code.show_if = (db.purchase.have_coupon==True) >> >> >> >> A quinta-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2020 à(s) 07:05:55 UTC, >> [email protected] escreveu: >> >>> All, >>> >>> I am trying to get a solution to the above problem, I am using a >>> onvalidation function. If have_coupon is checked then I call IS_NOT_EMPTY >>> and set the form.errors.coupon_code manually. This is not ideal but it >>> works. >>> >>> However I cannot seem to get a work around for a dropdown input i.e. >>> IS_IN_SET as this is needed on the model to create the correct input but >>> inturn fails the processing of the form as onvalidation doesnot get called. >>> >>> Any help would be great. >>> >>> Regards, >>> James >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 12:35:15 PM UTC+10 James O' Driscoll >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I have a question regarding conditional fields and using validators. >>>> >>>> Take the example from the book with a slight change: >>>> >>>> db.define_table('purchase', Field('have_coupon', 'boolean'), >>>> Field('coupon_code', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())) >>>> >>>> with controller: >>>> >>>> def index(): >>>> db.purchase.coupon_code.show_if = (db.purchase.have_coupon==True) >>>> form = SQLFORM(db.purchase).process() >>>> return dict(form = form) >>>> >>>> show_if works well but if i need validators in place for when say >>>> have_coupon is true, to validate coupon_code I get an error when >>>> have_coupon is false as coupon_code is empty. >>>> >>>> I would prefer to keep the validator on the model, is there a way to >>>> accomplish this. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> James >>>> >>>> -- >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/fiHjfVb01Z8/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/2ddf8a1a-2ebe-4ef9-a0e9-6fd5f6c2c26an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/2ddf8a1a-2ebe-4ef9-a0e9-6fd5f6c2c26an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/800a443a-a01c-47d3-8b92-6024d3c0086fn%40googlegroups.com.
