Bill Seitz wrote at 2007-11-28 13:20 -0500:
>I want to see if a value (defined via url-arg) is in a list which is
>generated from an RDBMS query (field type=integer).
>
>The pseudo-code would be something like:
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>if foo in (select foo_col from table where x=y)
>then z='t'
>else z='f'
>
>I tried putting the simple SELECT query into a zSql and then calling it like:
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>But that doesn't work.
Off topic note: this is quite nasty and difficult to read code
More helpful note:
The result of a Z SQL Method call behaves like a sequence of
rows.
These rows are not strings; therefore "some_string == row" will
fail (always return 'False') and correspondingly "some_string in
sqlresult".
The rows (they are in fact 'Record' instances) allow access
to the fields either through a subscription ("row[0]", "row[1]" ...)
or an attribute access ("row.field1", "row.field2", ...) syntax.
Therefore, to get the list consisting of the first field
of all rows, you may use
[row[0] for row in IfShowNextDoor()]
Your code above can then be replaced with:
which is already a lot more readable than your code.
If possible, you should get rid of the "REQUEST.set"
("dtml-let" is more readable).
And, of course, the advice from someone else to let the datebase
perform the check for you it excellent: why do something inefficient
and clumsy yourself when someone else (database) can do it
more efficiently and more direct?
--
Dieter
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