Because when you don't specify, the URL function uses the extension of the current request. More specifically URL does this:
if extension is None and r.extension != 'html': extension = r.extension Extension is None by default if you don't specify. However later URL also does this: if '.' in function: function, extension = function.rsplit('.', 1) So another way to declare the extension you want (instead of passing it to URL with extension=) is to just put it in your function name, which is what you did. -- 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/d/optout.