Gotcha!
On Dec 1, 8:19 am, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:56:50 PM UTC-5, lyn2py wrote: > > > Good thing you mentioned Bruno's solution. It appeared as "show quoted > > text" to me, and at first glance didn't look like it contained new > > text. *sorry Bruno!* > > > Just a side question on best practices, where should I put my little > > lambda so that all files (and functions) in my app can use it? Geez, > > did I mention I'm new to python too... > > The simplest thing to do is put it in a model file (maybe called > 0_helpers.py, or if it's a simple app and you just have one or two, stick > it in db.py). (Note, model files are executed in alphabetical order, so > preceding the file name with "0_" ensures it will be executed early and the > helpers will therefore be available in later executed model files.) You > could also put it in a module and import it where needed, but in that case, > the module will have to import the IS_SLUG validator from gluon.validators. > There are a number of API objects (including validators) that are > automatically imported into the web2py execution environment and are > therefore available in any model, controller, or view without requiring > explicit import (http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#API). However, > those API objects are not readily available in modules, so they must be > imported there > (seehttp://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Accessing-the-API-from-Pyth...). > > Anthony
