thanks that's much neater.

> does not do what you think it does.
can you explain? It worked for my test cases...

> record = db(logic).select(table['id']).first()
I noticed you removed the ID selection part - is there any efficiency
gained in just selecting the ID?

Richard


On Jan 29, 12:06 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> This
>
>     logic = None
>     for field, value in fields.items():
>         e = table[field] == value
>         logic = e if logic is None else logic & e
>     record = db(logic).select(table['id']).first()
>
> does not do what you think it does.
>
> I think you want:
>
>     logic=reduce(lambda a,b:a&b,[table[k]==fields[k] for k in fields])
>     record = db(logic).select().first()
>
> On Jan 28, 6:24 am, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I want to get the ID of a record with certain fields, and create it if
> > not already existing. Is there a shortcut for this common operation?
> > In Django it is called "get_or_create()"
>
> > Also, is there a shortcut for update_or_create()?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Richard

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