{{=db.publicaciones.descripcion.represent(tipo_3.descripcion,tipo_3}}
I do not think you want the extra =.
On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:47:00 UTC-5, villas wrote:
>
> 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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