Hello, I was checking the SQL statements used by web2py and found that the id field of a table is always added to the orderby when using a grid (didn't test in other forms). Even if the grid definition doesn't include a orderby argument, web2py always adds the ORDER BY id.
Does anyone know why? And how to remove it? Here is an example: table = db.client grid = SQLFORM.grid( table, csv=False, details=False, ondelete=on_delete, # Grid only. onvalidation=on_validation, # Form only. orderby=db.client.name, paginate=session.auth.user.pagination, # represent_none='', # Grid and view form only. ) This is the SQL statement that web2py uses for the grid above (see the addition of the client.id to the ORDER BY) SELECT client.id, client.code, client.name, client.canceled_on, client.canceled_by, client.cancel_approved_by, client.is_active, client.created_on, client.created_by, client.modified_on, client.modified_by FROM client WHERE (client.id IS NOT NULL) ORDER BY client.name, client.id; If I remove the orderby from the grid's definition, the SQL statement that web2py uses still includes the ORDER BY id SELECT client.id, client.code, client.name, client.canceled_on, client.canceled_by, client.cancel_approved_by, client.is_active, client.created_on, client.created_by, client.modified_on, client.modified_by FROM client WHERE (client.id IS NOT NULL) ORDER BY client.id; Thanks, JM -- 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.