whoa! new word "represent". Doesn't work for me (although no error
shown)

Any documentation of what "represent" does? I added the line to the
end of my db.py file and accessed using the same v.created_on field -
it shows the database date field.

On Jul 21, 3:50 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wouldn't use a virtualfield for this since you're only interacting
> with one field. You can use do:
> db.video.create_on.represent = lambda v: gluon.tools.prettydate(v)
>
> On Jul 21, 5:17 am, Adi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > What version of web2py are you on? I am on 1.79.2 - and there's no
> > local variable situation here.
> > I printed str(v) but it doesn't show the new virtualfield.
>
> > gluon.tools.* is already imported in db.py so I haven't added any
> > import statement for prettydate either.
>
> > On Jul 21, 3:05 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > The code you posted works for me but I did found a bug in web2py that
> > > would cause this problem.
> > > The bug would show up if you were to import a module of define a local
> > > variable in added_on(..) and prevent web2py from finding the
> > > virtualfield.
> > > I have not fixed the bug in trunk.
>
> > > Massimo
>
> > > On Jul 21, 4:37 am, Adi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > I am trying to create a virtual field that returns a pretty date for a
> > > > given date.
> > > > [web2py version - 1.79.2]
>
> > > > db.py
> > > > -------
> > > > db.define_table('video', Field('created_on', 'datetime')
> > > > class DisplayDate():
> > > > def added_on(self):
> > > > return gluon.tools.prettydate(self.video.created_on)
>
> > > > controller
> > > > --------------
> > > > db.video.virtualfields.append(DisplayDate())
> > > > videos=db( some query here).select()
> > > > return dict(videos=videos)
>
> > > > view
> > > > ------
> > > > {{for v in videos:}}
> > > > <div>v.video.added_on</div>
>
> > > > This gives me: KeyError: 'added_on'
>
> > > > What am I doing wrong? I used this as 
> > > > reference:http://thadeusb.com/weblog/2009/12/31/web2py_virtualfields_as_an_orm_...

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