Ha ok, so you should try to see if it actually improve performance. To get the id you can do that :
db().select(db.ref_assay.id).last().id I guess if performance are better with that syntax, having to make a select to get the id will compromise your gain... :) Richard On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Annet <anneve...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I had a look at the shortcuts in the book: > > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/#Shortcuts > > The first shortcut makes a significant difference in performance, so I > thought maybe this: > > db.mytable[0] = dict(myfield='somevalue') > > an impact on performance too? > > > Kind regards, > > Annet > > -- > 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. > -- 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.