I end up doing something like this:
{{=db.publicaciones.descripcion.represent(=tipo_3.descripcion,tipo_3)}}
I hope that helps, but maybe there is a better way?
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:48:59 PM UTC+1, Pepe Araya wrote:
>
> Hi Massimo,
>
> Sorry for my poor explanation.
>
> What I don't get is in the view when i call the field value
> {{=tipo_3.descripcion}} I get the whole text and not the truncated one
> like in the SQLFORM.grid case.
>
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:32:18 AM UTC-3, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>
>> What does it mean it does not work? Can you import it? Can you import it
>> from python?
>>
>> On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 00:55:03 UTC-5, Pepe Araya wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need to truncate a field that contains HTML content.
>>>
>>> Now i'm using htmltruncate <https://github.com/eentzel/htmltruncate.py> in
>>> a controller that return a SQLFORM.smartgrid and it works perfect:
>>>
>>> def noticias():
>>>
>>> db.noticias.cuerpo.represent = lambda field,row:
>>> XML(htmltruncate.truncate(field, 100))
>>> grid = SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.noticias,
>>> linked_tables=['adjuntos_noticia'])
>>>
>>> return dict(grid =grid)
>>>
>>>
>>> But when I try to implement a in a controller in this way:
>>>
>>> def index():
>>> db.publicaciones.descripcion.represent = lambda field, row:
>>> XML(htmltruncate.truncate(field, 10))
>>> tipo_3 = db(db.publicaciones.tipo == 3).select().last()
>>>
>>> return dict(tipo_3 = tipo_3)
>>>
>>>
>>> It doesn't work
>>>
>>>
>>> The module is inside the "modules" folder of the app and it's imported
>>> via:
>>> import htmltruncate
>>>
>>>
>>> any help is welcome!
>>>
>>> Best!
>>>
>>
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