Nooooooo. This would break other apps in the same server. I would take a patch to pass the parameter around or use the grid exporter in appadmin.
On Tuesday, 8 January 2013 12:52:38 UTC-6, Derek wrote: > > You could monkey-patch the dal 'rows' object __str__ by making it export > as a TSV. > > On Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:01:42 AM UTC-7, Marco Prosperi wrote: >> >> hello everybody, >> how can I change the following function (defined in appadmin.py >> controller) so that the downloaded file has tab separated values >> instead of comma separated? Or do I have to change some settings >> somewhere? >> >> thanks in advance, >> Marco >> >> def csv(): >> import gluon.contenttype >> response.headers['Content-Type'] = \ >> gluon.contenttype.contenttype('.csv') >> db = get_database(request) >> query = get_query(request) >> if not query: >> return None >> response.headers['Content-disposition'] = \ >> 'attachment; filename=%s_%s.csv'\ >> % tuple(request.vars.query.split('.')[:2]) >> return str(db(query).select()) > > --