Thanks you very much. I will put this to very good use. Much appreciated
On Jan 24, 3:21 pm, DenesL <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > the first argument of IS_IN_DB is really a set, passing db just uses > the whole database, so you can: > > mixers=db(db.t_equipment.f_type=="mixer") > ...requires=IS_IN_DB(mixers, ...) > > This is mentioned > inhttp://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Database-Validators > although not explicitly (see the second sample code under > IS_NOT_IN_DB). > > Denes. > > On Jan 24, 2:28 am, Andrew Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi there. I'm making an application in which I need to use a SQLFORM. > > however, in a few of the fields I need > > to make use of the requires=IS_IN_DB. The catch is that I only want > > certain fields in the table that I'm searching > > > eg: db.t_equipment.f_type=="mixer" > > > I can't find any documentation on customizing an IS_IN_DB. > > > Thanks in advance > > Andrew Pettit
