Thanks. I assume also that: db.define_table('dog',Field('name'),Field('owner','reference dog')) should be: db.define_table('dog',Field('name'),Field('owner','reference person')) ?
On Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:37:16 AM UTC-10, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Oops. A typo. I fixed it in the previous message. > > On Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:41:46 UTC-5, James Thompson wrote: >> >> I'm a little confused by: >> >db.dog.owner.represent = None >> >SQLFORM.grid(db.dog.represent==db.person.id) >> >> Why would we use db.dog.represent==db.person.id >> rather than db.dog.owner==db.person.id >> here? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 3:20:08 PM UTC-10, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> It depends. It may. >>> >>> For example given: >>> >>> db.define_table('person',Field('name'),format='%(name)s') >>> db.define_table('dog',Field('name'),Field('owner','reference dog')) >>> >>> if you do: >>> >>> SQLFORM.grid(db.dog.owner==db.person.id) >>> >>> it will do a recursive select for each row to find a representation of >>> db.dog.owner. >>> >>> You can disabled this: >>> >>> db.dog.owner.represent = None >>> SQLFORM.grid(db.dog.represent==db.person.id) >>> >>> or hide it >>> >>> db.dog.owner.readable = False >>> SQLFORM.grid(db.dog.represent==db.person.id) >>> >>> or cache it: >>> >>> db.dog.owner.represent = lambda v,r: cache.ram('person-%s'%v, lambda >>> v=v: v and '%(name)s'%db.person(v), None) >>> SQLFORM.grid(db.dog.represent==db.person.id) >>> >>> You can always add the {{=response.toolbar()}} to see all the database >>> queries. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, 9 October 2013 14:39:07 UTC-5, James Thompson wrote: >>>> >>>> When using SQLTABLE (or something like: {{=query_results}}) to display >>>> rows in a view, foreign key fields display data from their related table. >>>> Is web2py doing individual queries for each of these fields? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.