I would like to make it part of the URL....but am unsure how to do it...any
tutorials or a quick way?
On Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:59:29 PM UTC-6, Anthony wrote:
>
> 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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