2009/12/9 Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com>:
> Is there something wrong with the following?
>
> results = db(db.table.field == searchvar)(db.table.field2 ==
> searchvar2).select()
>
> results.export_to_csv(outputfile, delimiter=',', quotechar='"',
> qouting=csv.QOUTE_MINIMAL, represent=False)
>
I would like to give the user a choice to download the results shown
on the screen to a csv-file - much like appadmin do.
My problem is that I still do not understand enough on how to handle
the relation between the original controller, the view, and the
csv-controller in this case.
Once the table data (SQLTABLE) is on the screen and there is a link to
download it to a csv-file, I want the user to be able to choose a
filename download the data using a link in the view.
In the book there is an example of a view (say default/example.csv)
that looks like this:
{{
import cStringIO
stream=cStringIO.StringIO()
sarua.export_to_csv_file(stream)
response.headers['Content-Type']='application/vnd.ms-excel'
response.write(stream.getvalue(), escape=False)
}}
But I don't know how to use it.
I am also not sure how to use your example as above. I have tried
this controller
def csv():
import gluon.contenttype
response.headers['Content-Type'] = \
gluon.contenttype.contenttype('.csv')
response.vars.records.export_to_csv(response.vars.outputfile,
delimiter = ',',
quotechar = '"',
quoting = csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL,
represent = False)
return
And this in the view?
{{extend 'layout.html'}}
<a
href="{{=URL(r=request,f='csv',args=request.args[0],vars=dict(records=records))}}">{{=T("export
as csv file")}}</a>
{{=records}}
represent = False)
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