Oh, yeah, I guess you probably can't use the id in a compute because there
is no id until the record has been inserted. You could instead make the id
part of the URL (like Stack Overflow), or maybe make it a virtual field, or
generate your own unique id (separate from the record id).
Anthony
On Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:34:22 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info Anthony...
> When I do this:
> Field('slug', compute=lambda row: IS_SLUG()(row.title + "-" + str(
> row.id))[0])
>
> I get none as a slug...
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 25, 2012 5:53:49 PM UTC-6, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> Sure, something like that seems fine. Look at what SO does -- for
>> example:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12050934/web2py-build-forms-in-controller-or-view.
>>
>> I think they use the number as the unique record identifier, but also
>> include a slug (which doesn't necessarily have to be unique).
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:16:50 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote:
>>>
>>> This runs into a problem where if I have two items of the same 'title',
>>> the user will only be linked to the first one that was created. Can I make
>>> it so the slug is a field that I designate? Or make it so the slug adds a
>>> incrementing number such as:
>>> Field('slug', compute=lambda row: IS_SLUG()(row.title *+ row.id*
>>> )[0])
>>> I know thats not how you do it, but do you get what I mean? Is there a
>>> better way?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 23, 2012 1:18:16 AM UTC-6, Anthony wrote:
>>>>
>>>> links = [lambda ro
>>>>> w: A('Details',_href=URL('default','show', args=[row.slug]))]
>>>>> fields = [db.equipment.category, db.equipment.title,
>>>>> db.equipment.price]
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You have not included "slug" in your list of fields, so I believe it
>>>> will not be included in the data query. Instead of specifying the list of
>>>> fields, you can set the readable attribute to False for fields you don't
>>>> want displayed (including "slug"). In that case, all fields will be
>>>> included in the query (including "slug"), but only the fields you want to
>>>> show will be visible in the grid.
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>
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