Thanks, information = auth.user.newfield  worked as expected.
I just want to mentioned when I used 
rows = db(db.auth_user.id==auth.user.id).select(db.auth_user.newfield)
it game me auth_user.newfielddata, data is the string stored in the 
newfield.



On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 9:40:59 AM UTC-4, Marlysson Silva wrote:
>
> Try:
>
> information = auth.user.newfield
>
> The auth.user contains a copy of auth_user table from current logged in 
> user.
>
> Or:
>
> rows = db(db.auth_user.id==auth.user.id).select(db.auth_user.newfield)
>
>
> Em sexta-feira, 7 de outubro de 2016 10:00:51 UTC-3, Aydin escreveu:
>>
>> This is a simple question but I couldn't find the answer for it.
>> How can I read a custom field in the auth_user?
>> I have added a new field to auth_user table by:
>> auth.settings.extra_fields['auth_user']= [
>>   Field('newfield','string')
>> ]
>>
>> now I want to read that value in the controller using db().select(...), 
>> but how to say to select() to choose that field of the auth user?
>>
>

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