Thanks, Massimo.

But, when the record is inserted, the field with "update" param
shouldn't be None?

--
Vinicius Assef.


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:58 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is misunderstanding. Yes what you have is correct.
>
> The default=datetime.now() and update=datetime.now() is evaluated only
> ONCE when the table is defined therefore when you insert and update
> the values are always the same.
>
> BUT
>
> when the code is in a web2py controller, the model is run again at
> every http request and therefore the values of default and request
> will be updated.
>
> Massimo
>
>
>
> On Nov 8, 12:51 pm, Vinicius Assef <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Buddies, this is what is happening, step by step:
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/b14HLy39
>>
>> This test was made with latest stable version: Version 1.88.2
>> (2010-10-29 23:04:43)
>>
>> Again, am I missing something?
>>
>> I don't think there is a bug here. I expect I am making a really big
>> and stupid mistake.
>> This is too important to not be working out.
>>
>> By the way: I'm using Ubuntu 9.04.
>>
>> --
>> Vinicius Assef.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Vinicius Assef <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Massimo, I expect the correct way is:
>>
>> > a) When inserting (sql insert) a new record:
>> > 1) was_inserted_on receives request.now contents (this is ok)
>> > 2) was_updated_on receives null
>>
>> > b) When updating (sql update) a record:
>> > 1) was_inserted_on doesn't change is value (this is ok)
>> > 2) was_update_on receives request.now
>>
>> > What is happening here, with web2py 1.87.3 and SQLite:
>>
>> > a) When inserting (sql insert) a new record:
>> > 1) was_inserted_on receives request.now content
>> > 2) was_updated_on receives request.now content
>>
>> > b) When updating (sql update) a record:
>> > 1) was_inserted_on doesn't change its value
>> > 2) was_update_on doesn't change its value
>>
>> > Am I loosing something?
>>
>> > --
>> > Vinicius Assef.
>>
>> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:27 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> What you expect is correct and I cannot reproduce the problem. how do
>> >> you update the record?
>>
>> >> On Nov 8, 8:54 am, Vinicius Assef <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> I have this model just for test:http://pastebin.com/vF4VBLLM
>>
>> >>> Field 'was_inserted_on' is working all right. It has default insert
>> >>> value and it isn't updated across record updates. It's ok.
>>
>> >>> But 'was_updated_on' is working the same way.
>>
>> >>> I imagined it was null when record is inserted and in every record
>> >>> update, it would be this column updated.
>>
>> >>> At least, it was what I got from we2bpy manual in Record
>> >>> Representation section (DAL chapter).
>>
>> >>> Where did I misunderstood?
>>
>> >>> By the way, I solved that using compute in was_updated_on field and
>> >>> returning request.now.
>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Vinicius Assef.
>>
>>

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