If you only need it in one controller, put it in the controller.
On May 18, 10:36 am, scausten <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I've found the answer in onvalidate, but would like some > clarification. In the manual, is the followiong code: > > db.define_table('numbers', > Field('a', 'integer'), > Field('b', 'integer'), > Field('c', 'integer', readable=False, writable=False)) > > def my_form_processing(form): > c = form.vars.a * form.vars.b > if c < 0: > form.errors.b = 'a*b cannot be negative' > else: > form.vars.c = c > > def insert_numbers(): > form = SQLFORM(db.numbers) > if form.accepts(request.vars, session, > onvalidation=my_form_processing) > session.flash = 'record inserted' > redirect(request.url) > return dict(form=form) > > Does the 'my_form_processing' function go in the model or the > controller? > > On May 18, 2:09 pm, scausten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a file uploads table and want to have a unique, random code for > > each file as it is uploaded, so that my fields are id, file, code, > > where 'code' is generated by a given function (say, for sake of > > argument, randint(100000,999999)). > > > Is this something I can do in the model, or do I need a form to call > > the function as the form is submitted?
