thanks that's much neater. > does not do what you think it does. can you explain? It worked for my test cases...
> record = db(logic).select(table['id']).first() I noticed you removed the ID selection part - is there any efficiency gained in just selecting the ID? Richard On Jan 29, 12:06 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > This > > logic = None > for field, value in fields.items(): > e = table[field] == value > logic = e if logic is None else logic & e > record = db(logic).select(table['id']).first() > > does not do what you think it does. > > I think you want: > > logic=reduce(lambda a,b:a&b,[table[k]==fields[k] for k in fields]) > record = db(logic).select().first() > > On Jan 28, 6:24 am, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I want to get the ID of a record with certain fields, and create it if > > not already existing. Is there a shortcut for this common operation? > > In Django it is called "get_or_create()" > > > Also, is there a shortcut for update_or_create()? > > > Thanks, > > Richard -- 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.

