From cef7d64d97f65f87a7fa73d8b267eb08ef3f7893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mcabo <miguelcabodiez@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:13:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update dal.py

I think It will be useful to update the table contents and to validate the data previously.

On the other hand, I think there is something weird in the update_or_insert definition (Class table) because it is not working properly on data updating.
---
 gluon/dal.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index d1edcd62..f00389b6 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -8704,6 +8704,32 @@ class Table(object):
             response.id = None
         return response
 
+    def validate_and_update(self, _key=DEFAULT, **fields):
+        response = Row()
+        response.errors = Row()
+        new_fields = copy.copy(fields)
+
+        for key,value in fields.iteritems():
+            value,error = self[key].validate(value)
+            if error:
+                response.errors[key] = "%s" % error
+            else:
+                new_fields[key] = value
+
+        if _key is DEFAULT:
+           record = self(**values)
+        elif isinstance(_key,dict):
+            record = self(**_key)
+        else:
+            record = self(_key)
+
+        if not response.errors and record:
+            row = self._db(self._id==_key)
+            response.id = row.update(**fields)
+        else:
+            response.id = None
+        return response
+
     def update_or_insert(self, _key=DEFAULT, **values):
         if _key is DEFAULT:
             record = self(**values)