I would go for records=self.db(self.db.user.email==email).select() if not records: self.db.user.insert(email=email,greet=True) else records[0].update_record(greet=True)
commit is implicit on relational database and useless on GAE. On May 27, 11:49 am, Carl <carl.ro...@gmail.com> wrote: > This guy said so last May:http://tr.im/mzuv:) > Sounds like the statement is out of date (if so... can you point me to > the most up to date source on this subject?). > > I've used GAE's Data Viewer where I see that multiple entries exist > with the same email address. On my dev version I can use web2py's data > viewer to see that email addresses remain unique. > > I have an .insert that I don't think is throwing an exception where I > then call .update > > try: > self.db.user.insert(email=email, > greet=True) > self.db.commit() > except: > self.db(self.db.user.email==email).update(email=email, > greet=True) > self.db.commit() > > So... I was thinking that GAE wasn't throwing the exception. > And if there is a less crazy code to use to achieve this please feel > free to be blunt. > > C > > On May 27, 5:24 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > IS_NOT_IN_DB works on GAE, who said it does not? > > > On May 27, 10:57 am, Carl <carl.ro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > As IS_NOT_IN_DB isn't implemented on GAE does anyone know what an > > > alternative implementation on the App Engine is? > > > > I'm wanting rows to have unique email addresses. Is there a solution > > > on GAE or do I change the question and consequently, implementation? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---