I think it would be more useful to record the auth user id instead since you wouldn't be able to find the corresponding user record from the initials.
On Jun 8, 5:29 pm, Jean Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Could it be a good practice to implement electronic signature of the > database records like this : > > db.define_table('atable', > SQLField('var1'), > SQLField('var2',default=db(db.auth_user.id > ==auth.user_id).select(db.auth_user.initials).first().initials)) > > It needs that the user be authentified otherwise the app won't work, but as > long as the user as to be authentified for doing accessing the database, it > should be ok... > > What do you think? > > My goal is to have each records signed (stamped with users initials > actually) at the database level. > > Thanks. > > Jonhy
