I don't; just wondering if it was possible. I reconfigured my app to get the vars after they're processed I have no outstanding issues. for me this topic is closed. thanks for all the responses and explanations.
On Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:57:09 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > but this all leads me to the realization that web2py does >> not give a value to the form field of a SQLFORM until the form >> is processed, is there a request.vars.id that can >> be used before processing? >> > > Note, the id is the record id of the record added to the database. The > record cannot be added to the database until after validation has passed, > and you cannot therefore get a record id until after the form has been > processed an accepted. Why do you need a database record id before the > record is even inserted into the database? > > Anthony > --
