The first argument of the represent function is the field value. So in the the second example the `id` arg is the other_id value.
Maybe the example could be more clear in this way: db.mytable.other_id.represent = lambda id, row: db.other_table[id].other_field On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Andrea Fae' <[email protected]> wrote: > "Represent" from web2py book.... > > But what exactly are the relationship between "other_id" and "is" in the > second example? > And in the third from what is get the variable "value"? > Thank you > > .represent can be None or can point to a function that takes a field value > and returns an alternate representation for the field value. > > Examples: > > 1 > 2 > 3 > > db.mytable.name.represent = lambda name, row: > name.capitalize()db.mytable.other_id.represent = lambda id, row: > row.myfielddb.mytable.some_uploadfield.represent = lambda value, row: A('get > it', _href=URL('download', args=value)) > > -- > 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. > -- Massimiliano -- 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.
