Hi Sorry for posting again ... more findings and more questions on the * and **.
I am getting same results when i use * or don't use it, what function does the * and ** really do puzzling a bit... print SELECT([OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s in db(db.file_subject).select()]) am getting results <select> <option value="1">Information Technology</option> <option value="2">Correspondance</option> </select> print SELECT(*[OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s in db(db.file_subject).select()]) <select> <option value="1">Information Technology</option> <option value="2">Correspondance</option> </select> Quiet confusing. On 12/3/12, Teddy Nyambe <software....@gmail.com> wrote: > ...Hi Masimo, > > Its working when i remove the one asterisk (*)...with two its giving > an error, my db is fine...look at the results: > > > In [2] : print SELECT(*[OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s in > db(db.file_subject).select()]) > <select><option value="1">Information Technology</option><option > value="2">Correspondance</option></select> > > In [3] : print SELECT(**[OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s in > db(db.file_subject).select()]) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/contrib/shell.py", line 235, in run > exec compiled in statement_module.__dict__ > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > TypeError: type object argument after ** must be a mapping, not list > > > Thanks for the help...what do the * and ** mean, in the book its not > very clear I have failed to understand. > > Teddy L. > > On 12/3/12, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> You do not need CAT >> >> SELECT(**[OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s >> in db(db.file_subject).select()]) >> >> yet I do not think this is the problem. Probably you have duplicated >> options in database. >> >> >> >> On Monday, 3 December 2012 01:23:06 UTC-6, software.ted wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I have this unusual behavior of my code below, the options are >>> being duplicated what could be the problem: >>> >>> #print SELECT(CAT([OPTION(s.name, _value=s.id) for s in >>> db(db.file_subject).select()])) >>> >>> <select> >>> <option value="<option value="1">Information >>> Technology</option><option value="2">Correspondance</option>"> >>> <option value="1">Information Technology</option> >>> <option value="2">Correspondance</option></option> >>> </select> >>> >>> ...Teddy L. >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > -- > ....................................................................................... > Teddy Lubasi Nyambe > Opensource Zambia > Lusaka, ZAMBIA > > Cell: +260 97 7760473 > website: http://www.opensource.org.zm > > ~/ > Human Knowledge belongs to the world! - AntiTrust > > Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he > is all - Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 > > /~ > -- ....................................................................................... Teddy Lubasi Nyambe Opensource Zambia Lusaka, ZAMBIA Cell: +260 97 7760473 website: http://www.opensource.org.zm ~/ Human Knowledge belongs to the world! - AntiTrust Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all - Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 /~ --
