There is not such function.
I think by
if change_user_data(user):
he actually means
if user is allowed change do what he is trying to do:
depending on the logicl you may not need this if statement at all.
Massimo
On Apr 16, 6:55 am, salbefe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a SQLFORM.factory form that I need to prepopulate with some
> data from a database.
>
> id_nodo = request.args(0)
>
> ## I get the data from the database
> nodo = db(db.node.id==id_nodo).select().first()
> detalle = db(db.node_details.node_id==id_nodo).select().first()
>
> ##Now I need to prepolutate the fields title and body that I get from
> the database
> ## title = nodo.title, body = detalle.body
> form = SQLFORM.factory(db.node.title,db.node_details.body)
> if form.accepts(request.vars,session):
>
> response.flash='Form accepted'
>
> return dict(form=form)
>
> As I read on this
> threadhttp://groups.google.es/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/e2301b5cc3a...
> somebody with the same problem as me did the following:
>
> user = db((db.user.id == req_user_id) & (db.addr.user ==
> req_user_id)).select()[0]
>
> db.user.id.default = user.user.id
> db.user.name.default = user.user.name
> db.user.email.default = user.user.email
> db.addr.city.default = user.addr.city
>
> form =
> SQLFORM.factory(db.user.name,db.user.rname,db.addr.city)
>
> if form.accepts(request.vars, session):
>
> # change the user data
> if change_user_data(user):
> user.user.update_record(name=form.vars.name) # <----
> user.addr.update_record(city=form.vars.city) # <----
> response.flash = 'form accepted'
> else:
> response.flash = 'form not accepted'
> redirect(URL(r=request,f='index'))
>
> I do not understand "if change_user_data(user):"
>
> I have tried :
>
> db.node.title.default = nodo.title
> db.node_details.body = detalle.body
> form = SQLFORM.factory(db.node.title,db.node_details.body)
> if form.accepts(request.vars,session):
> if change_node_data(node):
> .......................................
> ......................................
>
> but I get an execption ('global name change_node_data is not defined'.
> Could anyone tell me how can I prepolutate the SQLFORM.factory form???
>
> Why is the function change_user_data used in that example if is not
> defined ????
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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