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On Jul 10, 8:12 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)?
