See keepvalues in book, it should help with this objective...

Richard

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:06 PM, annet <[email protected]> wrote:
> This example is taken from the web2py manual.
>
> model:
>
> db.define_table('client',
>     Field('name'))
> db.define_table('address',
>    Field('client',db.client,writable=False,readable=False),
>    Field('street'),Field('city'))
>
>
> controller:
>
> def register():
>    form=SQLFORM.factory(db.client,db.address)
>    if form.accepts(request.vars):
>        id = db.client.insert(**db.client._filter_fields(form.vars))
>        form.vars.client=id
>        id = db.address.insert(**db.address._filter_fields(form.vars))
>        response.flash='Thanks for filling the form'
>    return dict(form=form)
>
>
> Is it possible to pre-populate a form like this and then use update
> instead of insert to update the records in the tables?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Annet.

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