On Dec 23, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Arun K.Rajeevan wrote:
> See following code,
> I expect it to redirect to a url
> 1) if user don't touch dropdown:
> http://127.0.0.1:8000/init/default/search/<lang>/<word>?indx=0
> but it shows http://127.0.0.1:8000/init/default/search/<lang>/<word>. Why
> no vars?
> 2) if user altered dropdown:
> http://127.0.0.1:8000/init/default/search/<lang>/<word>?indx=5
> it's ok for first time. But if user select another item from select box
> ?indx=['10'%2C+'5']
> and if select another one ?indx=['19'%2C+"['10'%2C+'5']"]
Massimo:
Perhaps you can explain why indx is becoming a nested list, but setting that
aside, if it *is* a list, I think the query string should be something like:
?indx=19&index=10&indx=5
That would require some additional logic in URL() for vars.
>
> Where did I went wrong?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> In controller, before all functions, I've following,
>
> options = [OPTION(row.full + ' - ' + row.short, _value=row.id)
> for row in db().select(db.languages.ALL,
> cache=(cache.ram,3600)).sort(lambda a: a.full)]
> options.insert(0, OPTION('All Langauges', _value=0))
> search_form = FORM(LABEL('Search a word: ', _for='word', _id='word_label',
> _name='word_label'),
> INPUT(_id='word', _name='word', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
> SELECT(_onblur="var f = document.search_form;
> f.indx.value = this.selectedIndex;",
> _name='languages', _id='languages',
> requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'languages.id'), *options),
> INPUT(_type='hidden', _name='indx', _id='indx',
> value='0'),
> INPUT(_type="submit",_value="SEARCH"),
> _name='search_form')
>
> # form verficaion logic on submission
> if search_form.accepts(request.vars, formname='search_form', hideerror=True):
> lang = search_form.vars.languages
> word = search_form.vars.word
> indx = dict(indx = search_form.vars.indx)
> redirect(URL(r=request, f='search', args=[lang, word], vars=indx))
> elif search_form.errors: #adding an element in option out of the db braked
> prev mechanism. (ie., showing a flash. now that's done by show() itself.
> lang = search_form.vars.languages
> word = search_form.vars.word
> redirect(URL(r=request, f='search', args=[lang, word]))
> else:
> #page loads first time
> pass
>
>
