Thanks for the quickly answer. Though, I really need to rename the field, this is for keep backward compatibility and standards with an existing system.
On 29 dic, 11:03, Marin Pranjic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > you can use *label* like described > here:http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg28123.html > > but you can still reference it only by its name ['first_name', 'last_name']. > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Lisandro <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi everyone. > > I'm customizing my authentication and access control system (following > > the instructions from the web2py website and some examples of this > > group). > > > I've renamed my auth_user table with the following: > > auth.settings.table_user_name = 'ciudadanos' > > > Then I renamed the fields "first_name" and "last_name", defining my > > custom table. But when I try to insert a record (from database > > administration interface), I receive an error. > > > ¿Is it possible to rename fields of auth_user table without having to > > change web2py source code? > > If it isn't possible, ¿is there a way to set an "alias" for a field, > > so it can be referenced by its name or by its alias? > > > Thanks in advance. > >
