Thinking about this I can't picture it. So do you render the parent- >child form on the server? If so do you just render inputs for one child? Or do you pick n number of child forms to render with the parent?
I've done parent -> child on "one" form. At least it looked that way to the user. But it was actually two ".load" forms loaded into a containing .html page using ajax to avoid page refreshes. -Rip On Sep 3, 4:07 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I completely agree - one of the really nice things about Django is > that it allows you to have parent -> child models in a single form. > > The example from Dominic seems quite complex. Could anyone suggest > some ideas of how we could implement this functionality within Web2Py > - I'm happy to try and code something but as I'm new to Web2Py I'm not > even sure where to start. > > any help at all would be appreciated. > > Kind Regards > > Portly > > On Sep 3, 9:39 pm, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This sounds a lot like sub-forms (ends up being part of the form, but > > can be managed separately, even at run time). I worked on Adobe's Form > > designer (which is bundled with a full version of Acrobat)... if we we > > don't have sub-forms in web2py, I would strongly recommend we create > > them :) > > > Mart > > > On Sep 3, 4:14 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > you are right it would not but it may be a way to store multiple > > > addresses (as a list of strings) without creating a table of > > > addresses. > > > > On Sep 3, 1:10 pm, "[email protected]" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Mdipierro > > > > > firstly thank you so much for Web2Py - the more I look into it the > > > > more I love it. > > > > > I'm slightly confused by your answer however - how would list:string > > > > help me input data for two models at once? > > > > > kind regards > > > > > Portly > > > > > On Sep 3, 5:38 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > With the new list:string it should be easy to create a widget for it. > > > > > WIll look into it. > > > > > > On Sep 3, 10:14 am, "[email protected]" > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you very much for this Dominic. I've had a quick look and > > > > > > there > > > > > > is a lot to take in (I guess I was hoping for a much simpler > > > > > > solution > > > > > > lol). > > > > > > > regards > > > > > > > Portly > > > > > > > On Sep 3, 1:28 pm, Dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > We (Sahana-Eden) use to do such things with web2py, in connection > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > a RESTful API. > > > > > > > > See for > > > > > > > example:http://vita.sahanafoundation.org/eden/pr/person/1http://vita.sahanafo... > > > > > > > > It can also speak several XML formats, of course, and > > > > > > > JSON;http://vita.sahanafoundation.org/eden/pr/person/1.xmlhttp://vita.saha... > > > > > > > > The code behind that looks like: > > > > > > > > Person > > > > > > > Model:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%...... > > > > > > > > The actual Person > > > > > > > controller:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > > HTML frontend > > > > > > > controller:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > > Backend > > > > > > > extensions:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~flavour/sahana-eden/trunk/annotate/head%... > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Dominic > > > > > > > > On 3 Sep, 13:38, "[email protected]" > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is it possible to edit a parent + child model as a single form > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > automatically create both the parent and respective children in > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > database. > > > > > > > > > As an example, say I have a Person model and the person can have > > > > > > > > multiple Addresses. Is it possible to create a Person and add > > > > > > > > several > > > > > > > > addresses on a single form at the same time. > > > > > > > > > Out of the box with Web2Py I know this is not possible but as > > > > > > > > it is a > > > > > > > > common situation I'm sure someone has already solved this > > > > > > > > particular > > > > > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > Many Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > > > > > > Portly.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
