Good point. Perhaps the _and solution is not a good one.

On Jan 10, 7:59 am, Jeff Bauer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Working from changeset 94:4fd248d09b52, the unique column is
> enforced, but the dropdown is missing.  It is replaced by a
> text (string) entry field.  If I add the following code to
> db.py, the dropdown reappears:
>
> db.socdiag.socform.requires = \
>      IS_IN_DB(db, 'socform.id',
>      _and=IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, 'socdiag.socform'))
>
> However, with the above code, I was expecting only valid
> id's (unused) to show appear in the dropdown.  Instead ALL
> socform.id's appear.
>
> In any case the suggestion to add: _and=IS_NOT_IN_DB(...
> to enforce integrity solves my immediate issue.  Thanks.
>
> -Jeff
>
> On 01/10/2010 12:22 AM, mdipierro wrote:
>
> > Try this again with the code in trunk. assuming you have a format
>
> > db.define_table('socform',...,format="....")
>
> > you will get a default validator
>
> > db.docfiag.socform.requires=IS_IN_DB(....,_and=IS_NOT_IN_DB(...))
>
> > that will make both the dropdown and the reference unqueness enforced
> > by the validator.
>
> > On Jan 9, 5:30 pm, Jeff Bauer<[email protected]>  wrote:
> >> I'm trying to enforce a one-to-one relationship between
> >> tables socdiag and socform with unique:
>
> >> db.define_table('socdiag',
> >>       Field('socform', db.socform, unique=True),
>
> >> However the socdiag table permits multiple values of the
> >> same socform's id to occur in the socform column.  I'm using
> >> sqlite.
>
> >> Jeff Bauer
> >> Rubicon, Inc.
>
>
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