Perfect. Solved my problem. :) i didn't try _format, my fault. Thank you very much.
On 21 sep, 23:09, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > You can do > > db.define_table('person',Field('name')) > > db.define_table('dog',Field('name')) > format=lambda r: r.name+' belongs to '+r.person.name) > > and > > for dog in db(db.dog.id>0).select(): > print db.dog._format(dog) > > On Sep 21, 3:29 pm, Jose Hurtado <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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.
