You can do this with a single form. At the top of the controller set readable=false, writable=false for the fields you do not want on the form.
On Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:44:54 UTC+1, leftcase wrote: > I'm a new adopter of web2py and I'm trying to learn the framework by > building a simple property site. > > I have two types of properties, new or old. > > New properties have a few core attributes, let's say name, price, > location, bedrooms > > Old properties have the same core attributes with a few more added on, for > instance utilities, land, lease type. > > I've tried making a table for new properties and a table for old > properties but it seems to complicate things if I for instance want to list > all types of properties (new and old) and order by price (I've been > struggling to figure out how to aggregate the results from both tables then > order by price). > > Would it make more sense to have one table with all of the fields for new > and old properties and simply create two different forms with different > fields exposed depending on whether or not the user wants to create a new > or an old property? > > Thanks in advance, > > Chris >
