query &= db.flatpage.f==request.function is the same as
query = query & (db.flatpage.f==request.function) Build a query from another query Instead alphabetical = User.first_name|User.last_name is the same as alphabetical = [User.first_name, User.last_name] makes a list of fields to use for sorting. On Saturday, 28 March 2015 11:14:52 UTC-5, Paul McDonald wrote: > > In the Web2py Application Development Cookbook: > > p82 the &= operators > > > if not form: > > # search flatpage according to the current request > > query = db.flatpage.c==request.controller > > query &= db.flatpage.f==request.function *<----- what is going on > here?* > > if request.args: > > query &= db.flatpage.args==request.args(0) > > else: > > query &= (db.flatpage.args==None)|(db.flatpage.args=='') > > query &= db.flatpage.lang==lang > > > Alos, p69 the | bianary or operator > > alphabetical = User.first_name|User.last_name * <------ what is > going on here? * > > > Can anyone explain what these are doing? > Thank you in advance > > > Paul > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.
