thats why you have a VirtualField called get_image_url() that does that and everywhere you need it you go
record.get_image_url() More on virtualfields here: http://thadeusb.com/weblog/archive/2009/12/31/web2py_virtualfields_as_an_orm_an_sqlalchemy_approach/27 -- Thadeus On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Jason Brower <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. > But i end up having to do that about 15 times in my document. And we all > know programs creat ways to do everything once. > > ----- Original message ----- >> Sounds like you got it. >> >> if not record.image: >> if record.sex == "male": >> return "male.jpg" >> else: >> return "female.jpg" >> else: >> return record.image >> >> -- >> Thadeus >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Jason Brower <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I need the avatar (IS_IMAGE) in my authentication table to have a >> > default if nothing is entered. Is this easily possible? I was >> > thinking of having it controller side and just check if it was >> > blank... if so, default it. >> > The image would be based on the auth_user tables .sex value. Any ideas >> > how to accomplish this? >> > Best Regards, >> > Jason Brower >> > >> > >> > > >
