bug. Fixed in trunk. Sorry it took so long.
On Nov 8, 10:38 pm, "richard.ree" <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to upload a file and store it in a blob field: > > db.define_table( > "data", > Field("citation", "string", required=True, notnull=True), > Field("datafile", "upload", uploadfield="data"), > Field("data", "blob"), > ) > > But if I insert a record (through SQLFORM or admin) but leave the > datafile field empty, i.e., I input a citation but not a file, I get > this error: > > web2py Version 1.88.2 (2010-10-29 23:04:43) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in > restricted > exec ccode in environment > File "/home/rree/web2py/applications/mytest/controllers/ > appadmin.py", line 410, in <module> > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 96, in <lambda> > self._caller = lambda f: f() > File "/home/rree/web2py/applications/mytest/controllers/ > appadmin.py", line 125, in insert > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > File "/home/rree/web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py", line 1105, in accepts > value = fields[fieldname] > KeyError: 'data' > > How to make the upload field optional? > > Thanks > -Rick
