Yeah, I thought it would have to be a little complicated, I was hoping there was an easy way out.
Any how, I got it working and will post it as a slice next week. Thank you gentlemen. Cory On Friday, April 27, 2012 1:44:58 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote: > > See > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8146260/best-practice-for-populating-dropdown-based-on-other-dropdown-selection-in-web2p/8152910#8152910 > . > > On Friday, April 27, 2012 11:00:44 AM UTC-4, cory n wrote: >> >> This works, after I submit once, then my selection for FIELD1 appears in >> FIELD2. I need it to operate before a submit though, so that once a >> "Segment" is selected, I can use that selection in the other dropdown boxes >> before a submit. >> >> Thanks >> >> Cory >> >> On Friday, April 27, 2012 8:13:58 AM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> IS_IN_SET(getFamilies(form.vars.Segment)))) >>> >>> should be >>> >>> IS_IN_SET(getFamilies(request.vars.Segment)))) >>> >>> but I would not set this validator in models, I would set it in >>> controller function, where needed. >>> >>> On Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:54:26 UTC-5, cory n wrote: >>>> >>>> Okay, I want to make the second field of a SQLFORM.factory depend on >>>> what is chosen in the first field... something like this... >>>> >>>> form = SQLFORM.factory( >>>> Field('PN', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >>>> Field('Segment', requires=IS_IN_SET(['Segment1', 'Segment2'])), >>>> Field('Family', >>>> requires=IS_IN_SET(getFamilies(form.vars.Segment)))) >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Of course I can't use form.vars.Segment until the form is submitted, so >>>> how can I accomplish this? >>>> >>>> So that the field 'Family' takes the value of the field 'Segment', does >>>> a calculation and returns the appropriate list of families. >>>> >>>> I'm super new to web programming, so I apologize in advance if this is >>>> a dumb question. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> On Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:54:26 UTC-5, cory n wrote: >>>> >>>> Okay, I want to make the second field of a SQLFORM.factory depend on >>>> what is chosen in the first field... something like this... >>>> >>>> form = SQLFORM.factory( >>>> Field('PN', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()), >>>> Field('Segment', requires=IS_IN_SET(['Segment1', 'Segment2'])), >>>> Field('Family', >>>> requires=IS_IN_SET(getFamilies(form.vars.Segment)))) >>>> ... >>>> >>>> Of course I can't use form.vars.Segment until the form is submitted, so >>>> how can I accomplish this? >>>> >>>> So that the field 'Family' takes the value of the field 'Segment', does >>>> a calculation and returns the appropriate list of families. >>>> >>>> I'm super new to web programming, so I apologize in advance if this is >>>> a dumb question. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>
