db(db.testtable.name.contains('kate')).select() See http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Many-to-Many,-list:<type>,-and-contains . Anthony
On Sunday, June 19, 2011 12:10:14 AM UTC-4, hywang wrote: > db.define_table("testtable", > Field("name", "list:string") > ) > > table contents are as following: > > -------------------------------- > id name > -------------------------------- > 1 ["jim", "kate"] > ------------------------------- > 2 ["tim", "kate"] > ------------------------------- > 3 ["tim", "kate", "green"] > ------------------------------- > > I want to select rows where name containing "kate", how should I write > the the sql using DAL ? > > thank you >