Hi Ed, you can set the readable and writable flags of the field on the fly in the action, just before you call SQLFORM:
def action(): db.table.field.writable = False form=SQLFORM(...) ... On Feb 16, 6:57 pm, Ed Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to suppress some fields in a SQLFORM. > > Imagine that a user is filling out a form to create or edit a record, > and his user_id is a column in the record. We need to populate the > user_id, but he should never see it. > > If I declare the field as writable=False,readable=False then nobody > with more privilege could ever use a SQLFORM (or crud.create, > crud.update, etc) to access the field. I need it suppressed just in > certain instances. > > Also, if the SQLFORM accepts, web2py needs to know what to put in that > field. > > Should I retire SQLFORM and use a FORM, or is there some magic I can > use to accomplish this. > > I want to say I appreciate all this help. Thanks, Massimo and all. > > Ed Greenbeg
