I dont know about autocomplete widget, but, for 'like' in GAE you can use Row.find()
term = "something" pages = db(db.table.id>0).select().find(lambda row : row.field.startswith(term) or row.field.endswith(term) or row.field == term or term in row.field) On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:53 PM, José L. <jredr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've checked autocomplete widget can not work in gae, as it uses like in > its callback. > Checking this group archives, I've found this thread: > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/HdnWTp7h3Do/discussion > but even if it looks like it would work, finally it was not implemented. > > So, does anybody know of any workaround to make autocomplete work in GAE? > > BTW: A note should be added at the web2py book section ( > http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07#Autocomplete-Widget ) > warning it does not work in gae. It will save time to many people. > > Regards. > José L. > -- -- Bruno Rocha [ About me: http://zerp.ly/rochacbruno ] [ Aprenda a programar: http://CursoDePython.com.br ] [ O seu aliado nos cuidados com os animais: http://AnimalSystem.com.br ] [ Consultoria em desenvolvimento web: http://www.blouweb.com ]