maybe this?
form = SQLFORM.factory(
Field('test',
type='string',
requires=IS_IN_DB(*db(db.table.field == xyz)*, db.city.name_url,
'%(name)s', multiple=True),
widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v,
style='divs'),
default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs')
or
myset = [("value 1", "text 1"), ("value 2", "text 2"), ("value 2", "text
2")]
form = SQLFORM.factory(
Field('test',
type='string',
requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True),
widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v,
style='divs'),
default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs')
or
myset = {"value 1": "text 1", "value 2": "text 2", "value 2": "text 2"}
form = SQLFORM.factory(
Field('test',
type='string',
requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True),
widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v,
style='divs'),
default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs')
or
myset = db.executesql("SELECT value, text FROM sometable")
form = SQLFORM.factory(
Field('test',
type='string',
requires=IS_IN_SET(myset, multiple=True),
widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v,
style='divs'),
default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs')
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On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 3:22 AM, Mike Girard <mikegirar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a checkboxes widget which I invoke like so:
>
> form = SQLFORM.factory(
> Field('test',
> type='string',
> requires=IS_IN_DB(db, db.city.name_url, '%(name)s',
> multiple=True),
> widget=lambda f, v: SQLFORM.widgets.checkboxes.widget(f, v,
> style='divs'),
> default = 'New-York'), formstyle='divs')
>
> I use requires=IS_IN_DB solely to populate the checkboxes with fresh data.
> I don't really need the validation. Now I would prefer to spread the data
> in the one table being used across multiple checkbox groups. Is there an
> out-of-the-box way to populate form elements with queries instead of just
> binding them to tables?
>
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