can someone please consolidate my knowledge or tell me where in
documentation this is explained
the "first()" in this line below:
this_message = db(db.InternalMessage.id == request.get_vars.filter).select()
*.first()*
allows below to work in view:
{{=this_message.created_by.last_name}}
if the ".first()" is removed leaving this:
this_message = db(db.InternalMessage.id == request.get_vars.filter).
*select()*
then view no longer works. First result is a single row, second result can
be many rows.
What is this concept called?
Is first result a dictionary and second result a row?
I understand that there is unacceptable ambiguity in the 2nd result with
many possible rows but would like to know what the terms are called and
where documented so I can read about it.
Is .first() the only/best way to get a value into a single var (when no
looping is necessary)?
thanks
Alex Glaros
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