Good idea! Thank you sir.

On Dec 15, 11:56 am, Eli Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> You want something like (Where N is some number):
>
> "Select * from myModel Where Prop1 + Prop2 < N"
>
> No do that here impossible in GAE.
>
> Just change the "question_ttl" property into "expiration_timestamp" (or
> maybe us a nice short prop name) and calculate that future expiration date
> when the entity is created (and recalculate it if 'question_ttl' ever
> changes).
>
> So you just need to query for:
>
> WaitingQuestion.all().filter('expiration_timestamp <', datetime.now())
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Lenny Rachitsky <[email protected]>wrote:
>
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>
> > Just noticed there is a small typo in the code above, the query should
> > be hitting "WaitingQuestions", not "WaitingAnswer".
>
> > On Dec 15, 11:00 am, Lenny Rachitsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Does App Engine allow self-referencing queries, where I use a property
> > > of an entity as part of the filter? For example, below I am attempting
> > > to use the "question_ttl" property to filter questions that are
> > > expired (e.g. older than "question_ttl" minutes). I'm attempting to
> > > avoid having to iterate through the entire batch. Is this possible? I
> > > attempted to use "self" below, but that doesn't work.
>
> > > --------------------
> > > class WaitingQuestions(db.Model):
> > >     question = db.TextProperty()
> > >     question_ttl = db.IntegerProperty()
> > >     timestamp = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now=True, auto_now_add=True)
>
> > >     @staticmethod
> > >     def get_expired_questions():
> > >         return WaitingAnswer.all().filter('timestamp < ',
> > > datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=self.question_ttl))
> > > --------------------
>
> > > Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance,
> > > Lenny
>
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