i now have the lambda function defined, but... on the view, how call i the function format, the record is stored under 'row' key on dictionary passed to the view. i tried row.format, row.represent,... but i only get errors :(
one thing, my query access the record by the id, not by the reference field under another table. On 21 sep, 21:52, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > format can be a function > > db.define_table('person',Field('first_name'),Field('last_name'), > format=lambda r: r.first_name+' '+r.last_name) > > where r is the record to be represented. Hope that helps. > > On Sep 21, 10:51 am, Jose Hurtado <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > just started using web2py a few days ago and liked it so here i am > > with my first app :) > > > so sorry if my question have been solved, i did a few searches a > > didn't find it. > > > My problem: > > > I want to get a string representation of a record of a table, this > > representation can be as easy as 1 field, or could be several fields > > formatted. > > > In the db.define_table function, i included the format parameter > > setting the representation i want for the record, but i think i can > > only use it for select/option drop-downs and in reference fields on > > another table. Another way could be to define a virtual field with the > > format i want, so i can write row.personalized_virtual_field to get > > the string representation, and use format='% > > (personalized_virtual_field)s' to avoid repeating code (the definition > > of the format). > > > Is this the way to do? or am i a bit lost and it could be done an easy > > way? > > > Thank you.
