Thanks Massimo,
I think I am beginning understanding a bit better.
Please take your example further and show the result on the screen in
a normal html-view on which there is a link to download the stuff to
csv-file like in the appadmin-interface.
Say rows = db(query).select()) normally I would return dict(rows=rows)
to the html-view. BTW why is is it a 'dict(x=x)' in all the examples
and not just a return (rows)?
So If I want to show it on the screen using the
'return(dict(rows=rows)', how do I return the ' str(rows)' with
that, or do I do that in the view when the link for downloading the
result is clicked - something like
href="{{=URL(r=request,f='animals',args = str(rows))}}">Download as
csv-file</a>
A further question: Is it necessary for the *.csv view to to have the
same name as the controller lilke your
def animals()
and the view
animals.csv
Regards
Johann
Thanks for your patience.
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