Actually I think the problem is simply the JS validator. Try comment this
line in static/js/web2py.js
doc.on('keyup', 'input.double, input.decimal',
function(){this.value=this.value.reverse().replace(/[^0-9\-\.,]|[\-](?=.)|[\.,](?=[0-9]*[\.,])/g,'').reverse();});
On Monday, 5 March 2012 05:25:39 UTC-6, Manuele wrote:
>
> Il 05/03/2012 11:18, Kimmo ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an update SQLFORM for db record which includes double type
> > fields. I noticed that the form does not permit values for example
> > "1e6". Letter "e" is automatically removed when it's typed in.
> > Behaviour is understandable but is there a way to get scientific
> > notation support for double fields?
> >
> > One solution would be to use strings instead of double type fields but
> > i really would like to avoid this.
>
> maybe you need to write a custom widget...
>
> M.
>
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> > - Kimmo
>
>
