Hi Manuele, 1) 'value' ultimately depends on a static dictionary (d) 2) web2py executes models/controllers on every request
then you would have to store the dictionary in the session (or in the DB), as shown in http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/03#Let%27s-Count On May 11, 4:22 am, Manuele Pesenti <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Reading past posts about this topic and the book I didn't realize how to > solve it. Imagine to have the subsequent controller called "bar" > > d = dict( > a=[1,2,3], > b=[4,5,6]) > def foo(k): > if k in d: > return d[k] > else: > l = [] > for i in d.values(): > l += i > return l > > def bar(): > form = SQLFORM.factory( > Field('username', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), > Field('key', requires=IS_IN_SET(d.keys())), > Field('value', requires=IS_IN_SET(foo(request.vars.key)))) > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > pass # or take some action > return dict(form=form) > > What's the Ajax I have to add to my view in order to modify on the fly > the drop down list of the "value" field? > > Thank you very mutch in advance > Cheers > Manuele
