If there are multiple records we need to know about it =/ -- Thadeus
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:36 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > No. Only the first. > > Massimo > > On Jul 31, 10:50 am, David Marko <[email protected]> wrote: >> ### print db.person(name='john') >> Does it also return many items when many items matches the condition? >> >> David >> >> On 31 čnc, 13:57, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > given >> >> > db.define_table('person',Field('name')) >> > id = db.person.insert(name='john') >> >> > You can now do >> >> > print db.person(id) >> > print db.person(db.person.name=='john') >> > print db.person(name='john') >> > print db.person(id,name='john') >> >> > they all return the same record 'john'. On failure (record does not >> > exist) they return None. This allows the following syntax: >> >> > record = db.person(request.args(0)) or redirect(URL('error')) >> >> > this is better than >> >> > record = db.person[request.args(0)] or redirect(URL('error')) >> >> > since the latter raises an exception in case request.args(0) is not >> > None or an int. >
