No. On Apr 3, 10:49 am, Avik Basu <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that works great. I have an additional question: Is there a > represent argument for in define_table which would allow for a > formatting of an entire row, based on the fields which were selected > in the query of crud.select(...)? > > Avik > > On Apr 2, 8:36 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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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