just assign it to variable then pass it to the view *e.g. (not tested)* *controllers/default.py* def index(): count_db = db(db.person.id > 0).count() dict(count_db = count_db)
*views/default/index.html* {{= count_db}} *ref:* http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#count-isempty-delete-update best regards, stifan -- 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 web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.