Just re-read my post and saw that it says they aren't visualized by default. Does that mean there is a way to get them to be displayed?
-Jim On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:42:33 PM UTC-5, Jim S wrote: > > ...but you can't use them in .grid and .smartgrid. > > from the book... > > Mind that virtual fields do not have the same attributes as the other > fields (default, readable, requires, etc) and they do not appear in the > list of db.table.fields and are not visualized by default in tables (TABLE) > and grids (SQLFORM.grid, SQLFORM.smartgrid). > > -Jim > > On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:52:28 PM UTC-5, Derek wrote: >> >> You'd add a virtual field for that. >> >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#Virtual-fields >> >> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:40:06 PM UTC-7, Alex Glaros wrote: >>> >>> can anyone point to any examples where there is a running count of >>> detail records for each parent? >>> >>> Parent_one link_to_child 3 records >>> Parent_two link_to_child 0 records >>> Parent_three link_to_child 10 records >>> >>> this is so that users don't have to click on the Parent_two link to find >>> out there are no child records for that Parent >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 7:08:29 AM UTC-7, software.ted wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there a way to change the labels of the tables in the generated >>>> breadcrumbs of the SQLFORM.grid as well as the link pointing to the linked >>>> tables to something custom. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ....................................................................................... >>>> Teddy Lubasi Nyambe >>>> Opensource Zambia >>>> Lusaka, ZAMBIA >>>> >>>> Cell: +260 97 7760473 >>>> website: http://www.opensource.org.zm >>>> >>>> ~/ >>>> Human Knowledge belongs to the world! - AntiTrust >>>> >>>> Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he >>>> is all - Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 >>>> >>>> /~ >>>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

