Here is a complete code listing so that you can experiment:
#!/usr/bin/env python # show python where the web modules are import sys sys.path.append('../../../') sys.path.append('../') import web.error; web.error.enable() import web, web.database, web.database.object, os connection = web.database.connect( type="sqlite", database="../doc/src/lib/object-database-object-form.db" ) cursor = connection.cursor() person = web.database.object.Table("Person") person.addColumn( web.database.object.String( name="firstName", treatNullStringAsNone=False ) ) person.addColumn(web.database.object.String(name="surname")) person.addColumn( web.database.object.StringSelect( name="profession", options=[None, 'Developer', 'Web Developer'], displayNoneAs='Other' ) ) database = web.database.object.Database() database.addTable(person) database.init(cursor) if not database.tablesExist(): database.createTables() print "Created Table" form = database['Person'].form() print web.header() # Print the content-type information if len(web.cgi) > 1: # Assume form submitted form.populate(web.cgi) if form.valid(): print '<html>%s<p><a href="%s">Go Back</a></html>'%( '<h1>Entry Added</h1>' + form.frozen(), os.environ['SCRIPT_NAME'] ) entry = database['Person'].insert(all=form.dict()) else: print """<html><h1>Error</h1><p>There were some invalid fields. Please correct them.</p>%s</html>"""%(form.html()) else: entries = '<table border="0"><tr><td>Firstname</td>' entries += '<td>Surname</td><td>Profession</td></tr>' for row in database['Person'].values(): entries += '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>'%( row['firstName'], row['surname'], row['profession'] ) entries += '</table>' print "<html>%s<h4>Entries</h4><p>%s</p></html>"%( '<h1>Enter Data</h1>'+form.html(), entries ) connection.commit()
You can test this example by starting the test webserver in scripts/webserver.py and visiting http://localhost:8080/doc/src/lib/webserver-web-database-object-form.py on your local machine.
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