I do not have a strong objection but the syntax is both cases is ambiguous. Only
db(table).select() is not. On Apr 13, 4:18 pm, Carlos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I can see that tables and fields are allowed in DAL and Set: > > DAL > db(db.table) > db(db.table.field) > > Set > db(...)(db.table) > db(...)(db.table.field) > > They are automatically converted to valid Query objects in the respective > __call__ functions. > > But the same (tables and fields) is not valid in Query: > > Query > db( (...) & (db.table) ) > db( (...) | (db.table) ) > db( (...) & (db.table.field) ) > db( (...) | (db.table.field) ) > > Web2py does not automatically convert/correct queries via & and |. > > I propose to include the following at the very beginning of Query.__init__ > function: > > if isinstance(second,Table): > second = second._id>0 > elif isinstance(second,Field): > second = second!=None > > Thanks, > > Carlos
