Thanks Massimo, The fieldnames are arbitrary, i indeed use different names for it (not even start(_time) or end(_time) ) What i indeed needed was the onvalidation for a crud.
Cheers On Feb 7, 3:43 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > first of all start and end and sql keywords you should choose another > name. > > I suggest > > db.define_table('event',Field('title'),Field('start_time'),Field('end_time')) > > def exclusive(form): > if form.vars.start_time and form.vars.end_time: > form.errors.end_time = 'you already filled start time') > elif not form.vars.start_time and not form.vars.end_time: > form.errors.estart_time = 'you must fill start time or end > time') > > then use > form = crud.create(db.event,onvalidation=exclusive) > and/or > form = crud.update(db.event,id,onvalidation=exclusive) > > On Feb 7, 6:57 am, grezly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i have a table with 3 fields: > > > title > > start > > end > > > For some reason i want to have the following; the title has to be > > filled in always, but for the start and end field belongs a rule to > > the fields; only 1 of the two fields can be filledin, They also can't > > be either empty or filled in. > > > It's up to the user which one of the 2 fields he wants to fill in, > > none of them is more important than the other.
