On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Michael wrote: > Thanks Massimo, that's a great help. I'm starting to get the hang of > it. > > I had trouble with the following: > >>>> r9=db(q2)(db.Section.id==7767|db.Section.id==7540).select() > > but realized that I needed to enclose the filters in parentheses: > >>>> r9=db(q2)( (db.Section.id==7767) | (db.Section.id==7540) ).select() > > The web2py book certainly helped with basic concepts but now that I've > ventured into real-world coding on our classroom management > application, I'm finding it difficult to extrapolate the basics to the > more complex tasks.
That's been my experience. This list is very useful, but it'd be nice to be able to capture this kind of help someplace easier to find. > Hence, I really appreciate your help. I'm hoping > the new version of the book will contain more advanced examples so I > can work through problems more independently. :) > > BTW, it was at this exact point that I gave up on django last summer. > I couldn't find a way to generate very complex joins using their DAL. > Eventually, I turned to web2py. It was the right decision for our --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
