You just need to specify the format. It will make for you both
validator and represent attribute.
#model
db.define_table("food",
Field("desc", "string"),
format='%(desc)s'
)
db.define_table("ate",
Field("food_id", db.food)
)
#controller
form=crud.update(db.ate,ate_id)
On Apr 1, 2:22 pm, Avik Basu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> As I understand, when crud.update(...) creates a form it pulls the
> values of a given record into the form as a string. If the field is a
> reference to another table, then this shows up as a number. I would
> like to instead show the name of the record instead of the id. I have
> a represent function set in the data model, but that is only used on
> crud.select().
>
> So, my question is how can I get the crud.update(...) form to render
> the record values with according to the represent function specified
> by the represent function of the field. Code below:
>
> #model
> db.define_table("food",
> Field("desc", "string",)
> )
>
> db.define_table("ate",
> Field("food_id", db.food,
> represent=lambda x: db(db.food.id==x).select().first().desc
> )
> )
>
> #controller
> form=crud.update(db.ate,ate_id)
>
> Thanks,
> Avik
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