Hey Anthony,
Thanks for that suggestion will try your approach.
Thanks again,
Matt
On Monday, 2 April 2012 12:00:55 UTC+12, Anthony wrote:
>
> db.table('person',
>> Field('company', 'integer', required = True),
>> Field('photo_image', 'upload', required = True, requires = IS_IMAGE())
>>
>> def webservice_name():
>> person_id = db.person.insert(company = request.vars.company_id,
>> photo_image =
>> db.person.image.store(request.vars.photo_image.file,
>> request.vars.photo_image.filename))
>>
>> How would I call the validate_and_insert version of the above? I.e.
>> invoke "validate" then "store" the image. (Couldn't seem to find any
>> examples.)
>>
>
> You should probably just validate request.vars.photo_image before doing
> the insert:
>
> if db.person.photo_image.validate(request.vars.photo_image)[1] is None:
> person_id = db.person.insert(company = request.vars.company_id,
> photo_image =
> db.person.image.store(request.vars.photo_image.file,request
> .vars.photo_image.filename))
>
> The validate() method of the field passes the value through all the fields
> validators and returns a (value, error) tuple -- if the "error" component
> of that tuple is None, that means it passed validation.
>
> Anthony
>
>
