Change default form error message

[Jim S]

If I have an error in my form the default error message is displayed.  It reads:

Errors in form, please check it out.

I want to change this globally to 'Submission failed!  Please review highlighted fields'.  Is there a way I can do this globally?

-Jim

[shapova...@gmail.com]

Hi!

Try looking in languages/default.py or <lang-lang>.py.

[Jim S]

Dang, why didn't I think of that.  Thanks, that is exactly what I needed.

-Jim

[Alan Etkin]

Dang, why didn't I think of that.  Thanks, that is exactly what I needed.

This is better because you don't have to deal with the language files:

# process passes the kwarg to form.validate, so form.validate(message_...) is also valid.
form.process(message_onfailure = T("Wait a minute! This bird wouldn't voom if you put four million volts through it!"))

This syntax is supported by FORM and SQLFORM, and CRUD methods. For .smartgrid and .grid, I think you have to use the formargs kwarg (a dictionary like {"message_...": <value>}

[Jim Steil]

But then wouldn't I have to alter ALL of my grids/forms to override the message?

-Jim

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[Alan Etkin]

But then wouldn't I have to alter ALL of my grids/forms to override the message?

 
Oops, yes. For many forms, looks like the language file approach is better.

[Alan Etkin]

But then wouldn't I have to alter ALL of my grids/forms to override the message?

 
Oops, yes. For many forms, looks like the language file approach is better.

BTW. I think this is an example of why CRUD should not be deprecated. It could be easily modified to support something like

crud = CRUD(db)
crud.messages.on_failure = ...

[Anthony]

BTW. I think this is an example of why CRUD should not be deprecated. It could be easily modified to support something like

crud = CRUD(db)
crud.messages.on_failure = ...

I don't think we need CRUD just for that. We should allow something like that for regular forms and the grid as well.

Anthony 

[Jim Steil]

The language file worked fine for me.  Is that not a good way to solve the problem?

-Jim

Anthony 

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[Anthony]

On Sunday, July 7, 2013 11:17:39 PM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:

The language file worked fine for me.  Is that not a good way to solve the problem?

Sure, but I'd call that a hack (looks odd to translate an English phrase to a completely different English phrase, plus adds an unnecessary operation -- why do a translation lookup when you don't need to?). I think it's reasonable to want to specify app-wide forms messages without having to repeat the relevant code for every form.

Anthony