I refer to http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/6 under Record representation
> The format attribute will be used for two purposes: > > - To represent referenced records in select/option drop-downs. > > > - To set the db.othertable.person.represent attribute for all fields > referencing this table. This means that SQLTABLE will not show references > by id but will use the format preferred representation instead. > > 1. I have specified the format but it doesn't appear per the format (in appadmin, when listing table records). I have restarted the server (just in case) but it still references the ID rather than the specified format. Any ideas? 2. It also doesn't appear so in the drop down menus (again, all appear as IDs). I had to separately specify the format for the drop down menus. Is it supposed to work this way? It doesn't seem like it based on the above explanation. Please help. Thanks! --
