Hey ty that helped enough to solve my problem

db((db.forum_post.category == db.category.id) & (db.category.id ==
forums.id)).select(db.forum_post.ALL,
orderby=~db.forum_post.id, limitby=(0,1))

the "forums" value is a loop through the categories :-)

*cheers

ty very much for your help



On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you have a particular category to select from? If so, you need to add
> that condition to your query. Assuming some_id is the id of the category
> you want:
>
> db((db.forum_post.category == db.category.id) & (db.category.id ==
> some_id)).select(db.**foru**m_post.ALL, orderby=~db.forum_post.id
> , limitby=(0,1))
>
> Or are you trying to do something else?
>
> Anthony
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 9:04:01 PM UTC-5, Andrew wrote:
>
>> Hi no its not on GAE
>>
>> I do get the last post but its for the last category posted in here is a
>> link you can see :-)
>>
>> http://www.fireflywra.com/**forum <http://www.fireflywra.com/forum>
>>
>> *cheers
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What do you get with that query? Is this on GAE (on GAE, I don't think
>>> the id's are necessarily in order)?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 6:20:36 PM UTC-5, Andrew wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In some forum code, I am trying to select the latest thread specific
>>>> to a forum category. But I am unsure how to do this
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas are greatly appreciated
>>>>
>>>> This is the code I tried with
>>>>
>>>> {{last_posts = db(db.forum_post.category ==
>>>> db.category.id).select(db.**foru**m_post.ALL, orderby=~db.forum_post.id,
>>>>
>>>> limitby=(0,1))}}
>>>
>>>
>>

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