Now I feel more than a little stupid. Obviously, I had it as
form=SQLFORM(db.mygroup) originally, then added the Field later, which
turned SQLFORM into SQLFORM.factory, which causes me to have to insert
into the db manually. Must be having a senior moment.

On Jul 13, 6:48 pm, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I'm working on an app. During development, I wanted to make sure I
> could do a clean build of the db. So I wiped everything -- deleted all
> files under databases, sessions, errors, and any uploaded files and
> old static files that were generated by the app.
>
> So I start over populating the db. Some of the data I'm entering by
> CSV and some manually. One of the things I'm entering manually is a
> table created thus:
>
> def create():
>
>     form=SQLFORM.factory(db.mygroup,Field('invite','string'))
>
>     if form.accepts(request.vars,session):
>         mygroup_id=form.vars.id
>
>         admin=auth.add_group('mygroup%d'%mygroup_id,'Group leader')
>         auth.add_membership(admin)
>         auth.add_permission(...)
>         auth.add_permission(...)
>         auth.add_permission(...)
>
>         session.flash=DIV('Created mygroup:
> %s'%form.vars.name,_class='info')
>         redirect(URL(r=request,f='show_mygroups'))
>     elif form.errors:
>         response.flash=DIV('Please correct errors and resubmit
> form',_class='error')
>     return dict(title=T('Build Group'),form=form)
>
> Before wiping the db, this used to work OK. Now, the mygroup_id gets
> stuck on the first entry and doesn't budge off of 1, no matter how
> many times I submit the group. Obviously, the db is not being updated.
> However, eclipse shows the body of the form.accepts being executed.
> What's going on?

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