Hi, you can do: array = [1,3,6] db(db.tablename.fieldname.belongs(array)).select(db.tablename.ALL)
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 3:05 PM, guruyaya <guruy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys. > Is there a way to use a SELECT... IN... syntax in dal? Something like > "SELECT * FROM auth_user WHERE id IN (1,3,6) > If not, I'll explain my use case, and hope to get your best answer. > > I have 2 dbs, one holds auth_user, the other holds some data (projects > in this case), with the id of the user that created it. After > selecting the all projects, I wanted to show who created them. I > cannot use join, because they don't sit on the same database (and they > cannot sit on the same database). My 2nd option, is to create an > array, of all the users that created project, and match username with > it's creator. That's not that bad, but I don't know how to use SELECT > IN in dal. The 3rd option, is to query for each user. That makes me > want to die, jst so I can roll in my grave. It creates so many unneded > queries. On the other hand - that's excatly what I do, as the other > options are immpossible, from where I stand. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Yair >
