On Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:23:14 AM UTC-7, Niphlod wrote:

(My apologies for the delayed reaction ... I held off replying until I 
tried the changes.)
 

>
> .....
> return dict(rows=rows, count=count, groupby=groupby)
>
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>
Thank you!  I can now show the peak in February (for the current list of 
birthday celebrants).


/dps
 

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> On Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:21:01 AM UTC+1, Dave S wrote:
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>> I know I'm a bit slow, but ...
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:21:27 PM UTC-7, Dave S wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:58:36 PM UTC-7, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> assuming.....
>>>>
>>>> count = db.table.id.count()
>>>> groupby = db.table.birthday.month()
>>>>
>>>> #you can do
>>>>
>>>> rows = db(db.table.id >0).select(count, groupby, groupby=groupby)
>>>> for row in rows:
>>>>     print row[count], row[groupby]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i.e. the variables (count, groupby) you set are automatically 
>>>> "translated" to the "ugly format" you're referring to. 
>>>>
>>>
>>> Okay, that looks good.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Except for one tiny detail.  I don't want to print the results from the 
>> controller, I want the view to display them.  And when I do the for loop in 
>> the view,
>> I get a ticket for "NameError: name 'count' is not defined". How do I 
>> get the desired results from my controller to the view and out on the 
>> browser screen?
>>
>>  
>>>
>>>> This is the only recommended way to deal with those, because the 
>>>> row['_extra']["web2py_extract('month',person.birthdate)"]
>>>>
>>>> is only valid for a specific adapter (in this case, sqlite). This means 
>>>> that if you switch to mysql, it won't work.
>>>>
>>>>
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