How do I track who clicks a submit button?

[Austin Taylor]

I'm trying to figure out a way to track users who click the submit button. Maybe using their db.auth_user.username and appending it to a list whenever they click submit? I literally just have no idea where to start and any advice would be appreciated.

Best,

Austin

[Anthony]

Depends on your goals. If we're talking about a SQLFORM based on a db table, it might make more sense to have a created_by and/or modified_by field in the table. The field(s) could be set to readable=writable=False, with the default set to auth.user_id. Whenever a record is inserted or updated, you then have the id of the user.

In any case, the current logged in user's id is in auth.user_id (which is None if the user isn't logged in), so you could store that wherever you like upon form submission.

Anthony

[Austin Taylor]

Thank you so much, Anthony. What if I have multiple users logged in?
How would I store their ID upon clicking? Sorry I'm still learning I
know that is a noob question.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Depends on your goals. If we're talking about a SQLFORM based on a db table,
> it might make more sense to have a created_by and/or modified_by field in

> the table. The field(s) could be set to readable=writable=False, and set the
> default to auth.user_id. Whenever a record is inserted or updated, you then

> have the id of the user.
>
> In any case, the current logged in user's id is in auth.user_id (which is
> None if the user isn't logged in), so you could store that wherever you like
> upon form submission.
>
> Anthony
>
>
> On Friday, March 7, 2014 5:01:03 PM UTC-5, Austin Taylor wrote:
>>

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[User]

What does the submit button do?

[Anthony]

Each request is separate and independent. When a given user submits a form, a request is generated for that submit. In that request, the value of auth.user_id is the id of that particular user. When a different user submits the form, that generates an entirely new request, and in that request, the value of auth.user_id is the id of the second user (even if both submissions happen nearly simultaneously).

Anthony