The book does not way but a controller can also return a helper (it will be serialized) or an iterator over strings (it is used for streaming).
On Jul 30, 9:15 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > A controller function must either return a string or a dictionary. If a > string is returned, it is returned as the response body directly to the > client. If a dictionary is returned, web2py will call the associated view > and the keys in the dictionary will be available as variables in the view. > By default, web2py will look for a view with the same name as the function > inside a folder with the same name as the controller -- otherwise, it will > use generic.[extension] (depends on the specific extension of the request). > If you controller is 'mycontroller' and your function is 'myfunction', then > your view must be /views/mycontroller/myfunction.html. You can specify a > different name/location for the view, but you have to tell web2py by doing: > > response.view='foldername/viewname.ext' > > Check > out:http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/03http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Dispatching > > Anthony > > > > > > > > On Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:43:29 PM UTC-4, TD CtrlSoft wrote: > > controller: > > .... > > .... > > rows = > > db(query).select(db.table.id,db.table.field,orderby=~db.table.published,lim > > itby=((page-1)*items_per_page, > > page*items_per_page)) > > pages = UL([A(str(p), > > _href=URL('default','acquisitions_ajax',args=[str(p)])) for p in > > range(1,total_pages+1)], _class='test', _id=0) > > return (rows,pages) # here is my problem > > > #return(rows) -works ; return (pages) also works. but > > return(rows,pages) not > > > view: > > {{=SELECT( _id='c', _name="c", > > _onChange="ajax('"+URL(r=request,f='acquisitions_ajax')+"', ['c'], > > 'target')", *[OPTION('selectoption',_value="200")] + > > [OPTION(category.category_title, _value=category .id) for category in > > categories])}} > > > <div id="target"></div> > > > so, fi if i use return dict(rows=rows,pages=pages) it returns generic.html > > i think this is very easy, but i dont know how tot do this. can u help?
