You can simplify the view further if you always return something named "form."
I'm biased in favor putting as much logic as possible in the models & controllers. On Nov 22, 5:09 pm, Adrian Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Cliff. I like your suggestion better. Now I can simply have the > view check > > if type(form) is SQLFORM): > ....display form > else: > ...display message > > On Nov 22, 5:05 pm, Cliff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > One way to do it. There are others I'm certain... > > > Controller > > > if time_in_range: > > form = SQLFORM(.... > > if something_else: > > form = 'something else' # or any expression you like > > if another_thing: > > form = 'another thing' > > > return dict(form=form....) > > > If you want to use different views, check out response.view in ch 4 of > > the Official Web2py Book. > > > On Nov 22, 4:12 pm, Adrian Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello again, > > > > This time I have a form design question. > > > I have a view who's content is date dependent where if date.today() is > > > in-between start_date and end_date then a SQLFORM is displayed. > > > Otherwise display a custom message, i.e. "Time has expired". > > > > In my first solution I added the logic in the controller that checks > > > the date range, and then in the view did a check where if form is > > > NoneType display the "Time has expired" message, otherwise display the > > > SQLFORM fields. > > > > While this works, its not very expandable. If I now want multiple > > > types of messages, or behavior it will make the view unwieldy. > > > > How do you think is the best way to handle this? > > > > Adrian
