Anthony, Thx for your feedback - I agree that this should be handlled on the server - I just wanted to illustrate how ugly the response processing becomes using the default features of web2py.
BTW/Off topic - Web2py is great and the user community/support is active. However as someone just diving into web2py I think that one area for improvement is in the documentation - especially in the examples. Some of it feels like I'm reading an API with little in the way of sample usage - given time I can/will probably figure it out, but it takes additional time and moves my focus away from the task at hand. A lot of the docs are good, but many of the examples (e.g. in the DAL section) are very cryptic and don't have much in the way of annotation re usage tips and constraints. As an experienced SQL/database developer I'd find it helpful to show some SQL examples and the DAL equivalent. In the case of computed columns it took me a while to understand the use of the '_extra' construct. When I get it working I'll post my coding solution to my view problem - however I think this is the kind of detail I'd expect to see in the docs. This is not a gripe/complaint - just sharing this with you as I know you are active on this forum and feedback on specific issues may be helpful to others in the future. BrendanC
