You forgot to set the requires for t.gender
On Apr 9, 6:35 pm, niknok <[email protected]> wrote: > I got this custom widget from the list: > > def radio_h(field,value): > nbsp = XML(' ') > items=[TAG[''] > (SPAN(name,INPUT(_type='radio',_value=key,_name=field.name,value=value)),nbsp,nbsp) > for key,name in field.requires.options()] > return DIV(*items) > > In my controller: > define_table('t', > Field('gender', 'reference gender',comment='*',widget=radio_h)) > db.person.gender.requires=IS_IN_DB(db, db.gender, '%(description)s', > zero=None) > > If I don't use the custom widget, the form will only validate if the > user picks an answer for the gender field. If I use the custom widget, > the form will validate even if there's no selected answer in the gender > field. And then it will assign the first record in db.gender to the > record, even if that wasn't selected at all. > > I think that assigning a default value in this case is not appropriate. > So, how do I make this custom widget validate properly? > > /r > Nik
