problem solved by looking in manual under DAL. did following: test = db(query).select() test[0].update_record(password=newpass)
original problem was to do with pass auth, not db update (db was updating fine with previous code). On Jan 11, 4:07 pm, waTR <[email protected]> wrote: > followup problem is for some reason I cannot update the password in > the DB. > > I am doing db(query).update(password = newpass), however, it does not > change the password for some reason... > > On Jan 11, 3:11 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > db.table.field.requires=[IS_LENGTH(20),CRYPT(key)] > > > In this case IS_LENGTH checks the length of the password before it is > > crypted (validators are filters and they are executed in order). > > > You may also want to look into IS_STRONG as an alternative to > > IS_LENGTH > > > On Jan 11, 5:01 pm, waTR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a form made with form factory and SQLForm that has 2 password > > > fields set to CRYPT(). > > > > When the form is submitted I need to check the length of the password > > > entered (the string). However, the password is hashed, and so I am not > > > sure how to check the length of the actual password string.
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