Thanks all, I going to use a custom validator then. Best Regards, Santiago
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:00 PM, [email protected] <[email protected] > wrote: > Remember "requires" property is not used when you just insert(), update() > or update_record(). > > So, in Web2py you don't have anything like a db trigger. You could do it > using a custom validator like CLEANUP() and using validate_and_insert() or > validate_and_update() in substitution of regular insert() or update(). > > > > > On 07/02/2012 10:08 AM, Santiago wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a field defined as below : >> >> Field('id_indra', length=5, label=T('ID Indra'), notnull=False, >> requires=[REQUIRED, MAX_5, IS_MATCH(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9]{5}$')]**) >> >> Is it is possible to intercept all inserts / updates over this field and >> do a zfill() before the accion takes place? So, if the field is '5', >> they it would be completed with zeroes with a result of '00005' before >> insert / update. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Regards, >> Santiago >> > >
