Thanks for the links!!
Django dynamic formsets seems powerful! When I first started off, I
investigated using django, but found it very difficult. Web2py is so much
easier to use (especially with the clear manual, and "one click" install
with working apps ('Welcome'))!!!
Maybe I'll end up contributing a friendly dynamic form creator for web2py
...
merci,
Luis.
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Richard Vézina
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Maybe you could find some inspiration from this project for Django :
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> http://code.google.com/p/django-dynamic-formset/
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> You need to install Django to test it...
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> What you seems to do is adding an arbitrary number of input for a given
> field...
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> Following good database design pratice you will normalise your schema... I
> had try to find a solution similar to django dynamic formset, but I give up
> in the pass.
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> You have this thread that could maybe bring some answer :
> http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/50af0d67554c94d9/ad553c6a5514ecc7?pli=1
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> Web2py let you do this :
> http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07?search=filter#One-form-for-multiple-tables
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> But you can't have fields with the same name in your table...
>
> Finally it maybe possible with component now to load a arbitrary number of
> fields inputs for a given table and with jQuery submit the differents forms
> as one I would investigate in that direction too...
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> Good luck
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> Richard
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> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Luis Goncalves <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> Hello Richard!
>>
>> I looked at this, but wasn't sure how it could help -- what I need is a
>> way for a (non-technical) admin to create profile forms with arbitrary
>> fields (through a friendly web interface), and then users to be able to view
>> and edit their (run-time reconfigurable) profiles.
>>
>> At any rate, the method I described above seems to work quite well,
>> thanks to web2py's versatility, allowing me to define forms programmatically
>> (excerpt below).
>>
>> I was wondering if there was a more clever/efficient/proper way to do so.
>> Perhaps not!
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Luis.
>>
>> for field in event_fields:
>> # see if person has a pre-defined value
>> found = False
>> for my_efield in me.event_field:
>> if my_efield.display_title == field.display_title:
>> found = True
>> break
>>
>> if found:
>> if field.data_type == 'string':
>> new_input = INPUT(_type = field.data_type, _name =
>> field.id, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY(), _value=my_efield.data )
>> form[0].insert(-2, TR(field.display_title+':', new_input
>> ))
>>
>> elif field.data_type == 'text':
>> .....
>> else:
>> if field.data_type == 'string':
>> new_input = INPUT(_type = field.data_type, _name =
>> field.id, requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())
>> form[0].insert(-2, TR(field.display_title+':', new_input
>> ))
>>
>> elif field.data_type == 'text':
>> ....
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