Great! Thanks Anthony, that exactly what I needed.
Richard On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the book, controller functions that take arguments or that > begin with a double underscore are not publicly exposed and therefore cannot > be reached via a URL -- they can only be called from other functions. So, > since last_hour_events function takes an argument, I think you're OK -- > access will automatically be restricted. > > See http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Dispatching > > Anthony > > On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:34:56 AM UTC-5, Richard wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I used this scenario don't know if it good or not... I am open to >> suggestion if it is not a good pratice. >> >> def index(): >> """ >> Index page using the internationalization operator T and flash >> rendered by views/default/index.html or views/generic.html >> """ >> table,nb_events=last_hour_events(tables_list) >> return dict( >> table=table, >> nb_events=nb_events) >> >> >> def last_hour_events(tables_list): >> """ >> Establishing the list of last hour actions and return the 10 lasts of >> the list >> """ >> now = datetime.datetime.now() >> time_one_hour_before_now = now - datetime.timedelta(hours=1) >> last_hour_events_list = [] >> for t in tables_list: >> for row in db(db[t].sdate >= >> time_one_hour_before_now).select(db[t].id, orderby=db[t].sdate): >> last_hour_events_list.append(A(T('This is a new event in the >> last hour'), >> _href=URL(r=request,c='test', f='read',args=(db[t],row.id >> )))) >> nb_events=len(last_hour_events_list) >> table=TABLE(last_hour_events_list[0:10]) >> return (table,nb_events) >> >> So I would like prevent the direct execution of the above function >> ("last_hour_events"). >> >> Wich decorator should I use? >> >> Also, I think listing all the decorator available with description into >> one location somewhere in the book could be a great improvement of the >> documentation, since there is no complete information about decorators >> excepted mention here and there few decorator at a time. >> >> Richard >> >

