I don't think the GAE datastore supports text search (you can use .contains on a list:-type field, though).
Anthony On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 3:51:44 AM UTC-4, PRACHI VAKHARIA wrote: > > > > > > *PROBLEM WITH .CONTAINS() ON GAE* > > The following function does not work on GAE – the line in Red. > > *MODEL* > > *htmlDB.define_table('Articles',* > * Field('Title'),* > * Field('HtmlBody', 'text', label="Enter Full Article"),* > * Field('Abstract', 'text', label="Enter Abstract"),* > * Field('Author'),* > * format='%(Title)s'* > * )* > > > *CONTROLLER FUNCTION* > > > > > > > > > *def HomeList(): if request.args(0): AuthorQuery = > htmlDB.Articles.Author.contains(request.args(0)) List = > htmlDB(AuthorQuery).select(htmlDB.Articles.ALL, > orderby=~htmlDB.Articles.Dated) else: List = htmlDB().select( > htmlDB.Articles.ALL, orderby=~htmlDB.Articles.Dated, limitby=(0, 2) ) > return dict(List=List)* > > > > For a URL like this > *http://........../HomeList.html/AUTHOR NAME* > The controller much check if the 'AUTHOR NAME' is in the *htmlDB.Articles* > > > How to make *.contains()* work on *GAE*? > > > *Please help and guide. Thank you.* > — PRACHI — > > > > > . > -- 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.