Hallo Richard,
On 25 November 2010 16:26, Richard Vézina <[email protected]>wrote: > I think it cover in as keyed table in the book > > I am not sure how that will solve my problem. It creates new problems: signature = db.Table(db, 'signature', Field('created_on', 'datetime', default=request.now, readable = False, writable = False), Field('created_by', db.auth_user, default=auth.user_id, readable = False, writable = False), Field('updated_on', 'datetime', default=request.now, readable = False, writable = False), Field('updated_by', db.auth_user, update=auth.user_id, readable = False, writable = False) ) db.define_table('journal', Field('ouid','integer'), Field('journal',unique=True), Field('issn', length=10), Field('notes', type='text'), signature, primarykey = ['ouid'], format=lambda r: r.journal, migrate = False ) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/js/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in restricted exec ccode in environment File "/home/js/web2py/applications/init/models/kb4.py" <http://localhost:8000/admin/default/edit/init/models/kb4.py>, line 36, in <module> migrate = False File "/home/js/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 1375, in define_table t._create_references() File "/home/js/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 2303, in _create_references raise SyntaxError, 'invalid reference: %s' %ref SyntaxError: invalid reference: auth_user Regards Johann -- May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. 2 Pet. 1:2b,3a

