1.5.6.1 Full Code Listing

#!/usr/bin/env python

# show python where the 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(
    adapter="snakesql", 
    database="database-object-form",
    autoCreate = 1,
)
cursor = connection.cursor() 

person = web.database.object.Table("Person")
person.add(column="String", name='firstName', required=True)
person.addColumn(web.database.object.String(name="surname"))
person.addColumn(
    web.database.object.StringSelect(
        name="profession", 
        options=[None, 'Developer', 'Web Developer'], 
        displayNoneAs='Not Specified'
    )
)
person.add(column="Bool", name='sex', displayTrueAs='Male', displayFalseAs='Female')
database = web.database.object.Database()
database.addTable(person)
database.init(cursor)

if not database.tablesExist():
    database.createTables()

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():      
        entry = database['Person'].insert(all=form.dict())
        print '<html>%s<p><a href="%s">Go Back</a></html>'%(
            '<h1>Entry Added</h1>' + form.frozen(),
            os.environ['SCRIPT_NAME']
        )
    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><td>Sex</td></tr>'
    for row in database['Person'].values():
        entries += '<tr><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td><td>%s</td></tr>'%(
            row['firstName'],
            row['surname'],
            row['profession'],
            row['sex']
        )
    entries += '</table>'
    print "<html>%s<h4>Entries</h4><p>%s</p></html>"%(
        '<h1>Enter Data</h1>'+form.html(),
        entries
    )

connection.commit() # Save the changes
connection.close()  # Close the connection