yes we can.
On Nov 18, 9:08 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
> Can we get a row.delete_record() just for grins?
>
> Pros
> I can delete the row without knowing the table name (i'm thinking plugin
> defined data)
>
> Cons
> Adds "yet another way" of doing something.
>
> -Thadeus
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:23 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > A Row object extends a dictionary and inherits an update method. It
> > only updates the dict not the record. The us of it is that you can do:
>
> > row.update(...)
> > row.update(...)
> > row.update(...)
> > row.update_record()
>
> > and the last update_record() without parameters will update the
> > database with the previous updated changes.
>
> > row.update() on its own is useless.
>
> > On Nov 18, 8:09 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > what is the use case for updating the row object instead of the
> > > database? I sometimes use update() instead of update_record(), so I
> > > would prefer update() threw an exception.
>
> > > Is it worth adding the equivalent delete_record()?
>
> > > On Nov 19, 10:43 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > you can do
>
> > > > del db.table[row.id]
>
> > > > Mind that
>
> > > > row.update(...)
>
> > > > only updates the row object, not the database record.
>
> > > > row.update_record(...)
>
> > > > updates the database record.
>
> > > > On Nov 18, 5:22 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > A feature to delete the record from the current object would be nice,
> > like
> > > > > the .update() method of the row, to have .delete()
>
> > > > > row = db(db.table.id > 0).select().first()
> > > > > ...
> > > > > #do some other queries with row data
> > > > > ...
> > > > > row.delete() # i don't need row anymore, so purge it from database.
>
> > > > > # I currently have to do
>
> > > > > # db(db.table.id == row.id).delete()
>
> > > > > -Thadeus
>
>
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