Thanks Bruno, I'll check it out. Seems like it should work. - Richard
On Oct 19, 12:48 am, Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried here, and you can use FORM() > > If your raw html is <form name-'foo' action='index'><input type='text' > name='bar'></form> > > you need index to: > > form=FORM(INPUT(_name='bar',_type='text',requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(error_message='it > is empty'))) > errors=form.errors > if form.accepts(request.vars,session=None,formname='foo'): > redirect(URL(r=request, f='index')) > elif form.errors: > return dict(errors=form.errors) > return dict(errors=errors) > > The same as SQLFORM.factory, but this is pure HTML. > > 2010/10/19 Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> > > > > > Not sure, but I think you need to specify a form object in order to use > > .accepts to validate > > > from the book: > > All the work is done by the accepts method of the form object. It filters > > the request.varsaccording to the declared requirements (expressed by > > validators). accepts stores those variables that pass validation into > > form.vars. If a field value does not meet a requirement, the failing > > validator returns an error and the error is stored in form.errors. Both > > form.vars andform.errors are gluon.storage.Storage objects similar to > > request.vars. > > > So: > > > You can try to create a form object using > > > form = SQLFORM <http://web2py.com/book/default/docstring/SQLFORM>.factory > > > But, this form created by .factory needs to have the same model as the one > > you created in raw html. > > > you can try to loop the request.vars to build a instance of form object > > with the validators that you want, then you will be able to use .accepts() > > > I am really not sure, But by now, I think it is the only way. > > > 2010/10/19 Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> > > > What is the name of the form, really? > > >> Which one you specified in <form name=""> does not works? > > >> 2010/10/19 weheh <[email protected]> > > >> If I build a form comprising a few raw html input fields and then use > >>> ajax to submit them, their values end up in request.vars. Now, I would > >>> like to use my_html_form.accepts(...) to process the contents, but is > >>> that possible? What is the name of the form, really? > > >> -- > > >>http://rochacbruno.com.br > > > -- > > >http://rochacbruno.com.br > > -- > > http://rochacbruno.com.br

