You are using low level functionality
for field in form loops over the tags contained in the <form>..</form>
which may or may not have a name. Anyway you are looking for
form['_name'].
I would recommend doing this instead:
This is my controller:
def roomcreate():
form = SQLFORM.factory(
Field('room_name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
Field('attendee_pw',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
Field('moderator_pw',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
Field('welcome_msg',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),formstyle='ul')
{{=form}}
On Sep 21, 4:55 pm, Keith <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to get field name when using FORM in the
> controller. I can draw the form input fields or put a label on it,
> but can't seem to figure out how to just call the form field name as a
> variable in the view. Ideally I'd like to be able to do something
> like this in the view:
>
> {{ for field in form: }}
> <li> <label>{{=field.name}}</label> {{=field}} </li>
> {{pass}}
>
> This is my controller:
>
> def roomcreate():
> form = FORM(
> INPUT(_name='room_name', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> INPUT(_name='attendee_pw',
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> INPUT(_name='moderator_pw',
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> INPUT(_name='welcome_msg',
> requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> INPUT(_type='submit')
>
> I've tried wrapping the the INPUT inside of a "LABEL" tag but that
> doesn't give me the end result HTML I need. I really need to be able
> to call the field itself and field name as separate variables in the
> view. I know worst case I can manually create the HTML for the whole
> form but I'm trying to learn and figure out if this is possible first
> before I do that.
>
> Thanks for any help or pointers.
>
> -Keith
