there is an update in trunk, please see comments here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/web2py/HWy0NuelElA
On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:24:48 PM UTC-7, howesc wrote: > > and thinking about backward compability, if we start automatically doing > projection queries and users don't have the proper indexes the queries will > fail until they specify the indexes. (though it could just be an upgrade > step for users to generate the proper indexes). > > is there a strong preference between automatic projection queries or user > specified? > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:49:16 AM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: >> >> It is a requirement that if a list of fields is specific in the >>> select(*fields) a superset of those fields be returned. Not a subset and >>> not an error. This is because of backward compatibility. We need to detect >>> problems with *fields and find a workaround. >> >> >> Or at the very least, make the projection query optional (and not the >> default). In that case, the user can be responsible for making sure the >> projection query is valid, and if the case does not allow for a projection >> query, they can simply get the standard behavior. >> >> Anthony >> >
