yes a Row (a record is a dictionary) but you can do: def make_run(): siteList = [] rows = db(db.websites).select(db.websites.URL).as_list() for row in rows: siteList.append(row.URL) return locals()
or def make_run(): rows = db(db.websites).select(db.websites.URL).as_list() siteList = [row.URL for row in rows] return locals() On Monday, 10 August 2015 10:39:51 UTC-5, Jose W wrote: > > Hello, > > I am new to Web2py and I am running into an issue with making a query to > the DB, and returning a list of the filed values. > > Relevant Info: > DB "db(db.websites).select(db.websites.URL)": > websites.URL > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > http://www.example.com > > Controller > def make_run(): > siteList = [] > rows = db(db.websites).select(db.websites.URL).as_list() > for url in rows: > siteList.append(url) > return locals() > > > View: > {{extend 'layout.html'}} > > > {{=siteList}} > <p>----</p> > {{=rows}} > > > > The problem is that my query is returning a list of dictionaries. What I > am looking to get is a list of the filed values. > > *What I am getting from both the *siteList *and* rows *in my view**:* > [{'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, > {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, > {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, > {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}, > {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}] > > *What I am looking for:* > [http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com, > http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com, > http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com, http://www.example.com] > > I know the problem is in my query, I just have not been able to figure out > the correct one to return a clean list. I have tried a couple of other > things with no success, like not using the .as_list() and using the loop to > build the list, but I get the response below: > [<Row {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}>, <Row {'URL': ' > http://www.example.com'}>, <Row {'URL': 'http://www.example.com'}>] > > > Thanks in advance! > -- 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.