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def hideid2():
  # Given a model named mod2, and a table named tbusers 
  # that has a field called lastn, you can hide   
  # the record id during an edit using SQLFORM() ,
  # by adding the option showid=False
  #
  # 05/24/2008 Sterling Hankins 
  #
  record=mod2(mod2.tbusers.lastn=='Smith').select()[0]
  #
  #                      Note: showid below
  form=SQLFORM(mod2.tbusers, record, showid=False)
  if form.accepts(request.vars):
    response.flash=request.vars.lastn
  return dict(form=form)