Programatically create Row

[david...@gmail.com]

I have a controller that displays confidential data from a table but want to be able to show the form publicly with some dummy data. The controller makes use of field representation and references so I basically need a Row.

I can create the object I need using the table.insert() methods and then db.rollback() to avoid committing the dummy data but is there a better method. I've had a look at the internals of Row and suspect that trying to create a Row object by hand would be pretty fraught, but is there a better way than just using insert() and rollback()? It feels like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Cheers,

David

[Jacinto Parga]

http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07/forms-and-validators#SQLFORM-factory

[David Orme]

Thanks for the suggestion. I don't need to create the form programmatically - the factory is great for that. I've already got code to create the form but want to create a dummy row on the server side to populate a display example form. 

Cheers, 

David

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[Jacinto Parga]

So, do you want to storage a dummy row to be proccessed in the same controler or to be passed to another controller or function?. I mean, if you want to use it in the same controller why not a local variable to storage it.. 

If you have used a SQLFORM. factory to get the values they are storaged in form.vars object.

What do you mean with a dummy row? Is it like a structure of a db row?