From ba9e95a5c22a62458489e7cde2ac0c9ba75f1742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdipierro <massimo.dipierro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:50:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] faster non forms

---
 gluon/form.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gluon/form.py b/gluon/form.py
index a0164443..56fecdc8 100644
--- a/gluon/form.py
+++ b/gluon/form.py
@@ -295,9 +295,10 @@ class Form(object):
 
         if isinstance(table, list):
             dbio = False
-            fields = table
-            table = DAL(None).define_table('tmp', *fields)
-        
+            # mimic a table from a list of fields without calling define_table
+            formname = formname or 'none'
+            for field in table: field.tablename = formname
+ 
         if isinstance(record, (int, long, basestring)):
             record_id = int(str(record))
             self.record = table[record_id]