I'd start first with changing this: links = [lambda ids: A('Download data set',_href=URL("default","download_dataset.csv",args=[ids.id]))]
to this: links = [lambda ids: A('Download data set',_href=URL("default","download_dataset.csv",args=[ids.MAIN.id <http://ids.id/>]))] When you add the LEFT join you then need to specify which table to get the field from. -Jim On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 6:44:45 AM UTC-5, Matthew J Watts wrote: > > Hi all > > I'm having some problems trying to achieve the following > > I have a grid with left joins which selects a subset of entries in my > database -(query between 3 tables) > > i then want to be able to set up links within the grid that sends the id > from each row (MAIN table) to a seperate function (another query between > many tables). > > I then want to trigger a download 'csv' file. > > So far, I have managed to get this working if I use one table in the grid > (no left joins), however when i set up left joins within the grid,i get an > 'AttributeError' message. Somehow, by setting up the left joins, i loose > the main id that i want to send to the seperate function - although i have > set up 'field_id=db.MAIN.id <http://db.main.id/>' in the grid > > Here's the code: > > *Controller* > > def vec_dyn_query(): > links = [lambda ids: A('Download data > set',_href=URL("default","download_dataset.csv",args=[ids.id]))] > grid = SQLFORM.grid((db.MAIN), > field_id=db.MAIN.id, > left = [db.StudyLocation.on(db.MAIN.LocationID == > db.StudyLocation.id), db.TAXON.on(db.MAIN.TaxonID == db.TAXON.id)], > links=links, > deletable=False, editable=False, details=False, > selectable=False, create=False, csv=False) > return locals() > > def download_dataset(): > main_id = request.args(0,cast=int) > dataset = db(db.MAIN.id == request.args[0]).select() > return dict(dataset=dataset) > > *Views* > > {{ > import cStringIO > stream = cStringIO.StringIO() > dataset.export_to_csv_file(stream) > response.headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/csv' > response.write(stream.getvalue(), escape=False) > }} > > Note - if i take away the 'left = [db.StudyLocation.on(db.MAIN.LocationID > == db.StudyLocation.id), db.TAXON.on(db.MAIN.TaxonID == db.TAXON.id)],' > Everything works fine > > Thanks for your help in advance > > Matt > -- 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.