On Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:27:35 AM UTC-4, sebastian wrote: > > yes, it did work ! > > why ? > According to the book: If you want the field validated, but you do not want a dropbox, you must put the validator in a list. 1.
db.dog.owner.requires = [IS_IN_DB <http://web2py.com/book/default/docstring/IS_IN_DB>(db, 'person.id', '%(name)s')] So, by design, putting the IS_IN_DB validator inside a list causes it not to create a dropdown -- as long as it's not inside a list, it will create the dropdown. If you need to apply IS_IN_DB in addition to some other validators but still want the dropdown, you can add additional validators inside the IS_IN_DB call via its '_and' argument. See http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Database-Validators. Anthony
