great! The updated API is much better.
On Dec 30 2009, 6:17 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > I changed this. It was UGLY. > > Now you can do: > > from gluon.contrib.gql import gae > db.define_table('person',Field('names',gae.StringListProperty())) > > and you can do: > > db.person.insert(names=['Massimo','Max']) > db(db.person.names=='Massimo').select() > > So you can use any native google type AND you can make your own. > > Massimo > > On Dec 30, 12:50 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > There are many GAE types that one may want to use. Today I needed > > StringListProperty so I extended the web2py GAE apy so that you can > > have a field of type > > > db.define_table('person',Field('names','.StringListProperty()')) > > > and you can do > > > db.person.insert(names=['Massimo','Max']) > > db(db.person.names=='Massimo').select() > > > Basically you can put any native type as a web2py type just put it in > > a string and start it with a '.'. You can also pass arguments this > > way. > > > It is ugly but works. It is ugly because I'd rather pass an object > > than a string. It works because a type has to be a string. It is > > experimental because when the new DAL comes this should be replaced by > > a better API. This will not stay backward compatible. > > > Massimo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.