It surely a missing feature... Richard
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Luis Goncalves <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 : >> >> http://code.google.com/p/django-dynamic-formset/ >> >> You need to install Django to test it... >> >> What you seems to do is adding an arbitrary number of input for a given >> field... >> >> 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. >> >> You have this thread that could maybe bring some answer : >> http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/50af0d67554c94d9/ad553c6a5514ecc7?pli=1 >> >> Web2py let you do this : >> http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07?search=filter#One-form-for-multiple-tables >> >> 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... >> >> Good luck >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Luis Goncalves <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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': >>> .... >>> >>> >>> >> >
