Hi Kenneth, form.accepts will set the form.vars to the submitted values in the request, overwriting anything you put there. I think you want to use default:
db.t_status.f_status.default = statuses[0].id form = SQLFORM(db.t_ticket) ... On Jul 27, 10:38 am, Kenneth Lundström <[email protected]> wrote: > I have this controller function (simplified to make it easier to read): > > def testing(): > statuses = > db(db.t_status.f_company==1).select(orderby=db.t_status.f_status) > form = SQLFORM(db.t_ticket) > form.vars.f_status = statuses[0].id > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > response.flash = ('New ticket created') > return dict(form=form) > > When the form is shown Status dropdown is selected with the first value > from db.t_status table. > > When I fill out the form and submit it stores all values and a empty > form is shown. But the Status dropdown is not selected. If I reload the > page the value is shown in Status. > > Any ideas whats wrong? > > Kenneth

