hi Anthony, i apologise for the late response, i had no access to the internet the whole weekend.
Maybe i should clarify. I am customising this from one of your tutorials "Web development with python and web2py " part 1 and 2 The 'user' in this case is the person that posted a post. Hence if i use auth.user it makes all posts be written by the currently logged in user. I guess my challenge is extracting the value of 'usealiasname' If its true or not for that user that posted. i tried the 'user.usealiasname' but it says that user has no attribute 'usealiasname' But thank you for all the help. On Friday, 12 June 2015 17:55:03 UTC+2, Anthony wrote: > > If you have: > > user = db.auth_user(id) > > Then there is no need for the "me" variable -- just use user.usealiasname. > However, if id is the same as auth.user_id, then you don't even need the > above line -- just use auth.user (which holds the whole user record). If it > still isn't working, then there is likely a problem elsewhere in your code. > > Anthony > > On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 9:20:00 AM UTC-4, zimani wrote: >> >> Its supposed to be the same. But this does not work. All i am doing is >> checking if this user: db.auth_user(id) wants to use an aliasname or not. >> Of which aliasname is a field in auth_user table >> >> On Friday, 12 June 2015 15:11:19 UTC+2, zimani wrote: >>> >>> I apologise, i have been trying too many things: >>> >>> >>> me=db(db.auth_user.id == >>> id).select(db.auth_user.usealiasname).first().usealiasname >>> >>> This is what i currently have. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 12 June 2015 14:54:57 UTC+2, Anthony wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 8:36:43 AM UTC-4, zimani wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have this code: >>>>> >>>>> def author(id): >>>>> if id is None: >>>>> return "Unknown" >>>>> else: >>>>> user = db.auth_user(id) >>>>> me=db(db.auth_user.id == >>>>> id).select(db.auth_user.usealiasname).first().usealiasname >>>>> if me==False: >>>>> return '%(first_name)s %(last_name)s' % user if user else >>>>> '' >>>>> else: >>>>> return '%(aliasname)s' % user if user else '' >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I want to check if the user with a particular 'id' wants to use an >>>>> aliasname or real names. However it wont work. i know for sure this line >>>>> is >>>>> the one that is wrong because without the condition it prints properly. >>>>> can >>>>> somebody help. i am sure its simple but i cannot seem to figure it out. >>>>> >>>>> me=db(db.auth_user.id == >>>>> auth.user_id).select(db.auth_user.usealiasname).first().usealiasname >>>>> >>>> >>>> In the function code you showed above, you have db.auth_user.id == id, >>>> but here you have db.auth_user.id == auth.user_id. Which code are you >>>> actually using? Is id supposed to be the same value as auth.user_id? If >>>> so, >>>> your "me" variable is unnecessary, as you are simply fetching the same >>>> record that you have already stored in the "user" variable. >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>> -- 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.
