Hi Nathan -- yes I studied it pretty carefully. Can't say I understand the whole thing, but I think it's more complicated than I need, frankly. I've been trying to figure out whether I can do this with a mixture of jQuery and a custom widget. Right now, I'm thinking the jQuery is all I really need.
On Jul 10, 2:36 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you seen this?:http://www.web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/85 > > On Jul 10, 1:12 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is an old issue that I'm finally getting back to. I've researched > > this forum heavily for indications about how to do this and have > > concluded that perhaps there is some new functionality in web2py that > > will accomplish this for me automatically. > > > The issue is I want a form with two drop downs where the value of the > > 2nd drop down is contingent on the value of the first. > > > #models > > db.define_table('animal',Field('name')) > > db.define_table('pet',Field('name'),Field('animal',db.animal,requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'animal.id','% > > (name)s')) > > > # animal is preloaded with 2 types: "dog" and "cat" > > # pet is preloaded with a few pets: > > # rex, dog > > # bowser, dog > > # luna, cat > > # felix, cat > > > #controller > > form=SQLFORM.factory(db.animal,db.pet) > > ... > > > When the form is displayed, I want it so that when the animal type is > > set to dog, the pet names will only display "rex" and "bowser". If the > > user selects the animal type to "cat", then the pet list dynamically > > changes to "luna" and "felix". > > > What is the latest and greatest way to accomplish this? Should I be > > going to jQuery (my default choice)?
