On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are examples throughout the code - look at sql.py and gql.py for > examples in the docstrings (I agree, the docstrings could explain a little > more). > > select(limitby=(start_record,end_record), so limitby(1,2) would select one > record - record 1 (2 is not included). > You can see this in test_dal.py test cases. > > The book (page 147) uses an example which does not clear up use: > > "With limitby you can select a subset of records, in this case the first > two starting at zero: > > .....select(...., limitby(0,2)) > > This leaves the use ambiguous: is 2 the number of records to return, or > the ending record number? You can't tell from this; you still have to either > experiment, or look at the test cases. > BTW - thanks for your question; I never spotted this ambiguity before! ;-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
