[web2py] Re: DAL level access to GAE entities by named key

[howesc]

groups wouldn't let me attache a file.  here's the text:

diff -r 57544ce34efe gluon/dal.py
--- a/gluon/dal.py      Wed Oct 12 21:53:13 2011 -0500
+++ b/gluon/dal.py      Sat Oct 15 08:54:00 2011 -0700
@@ -3385,7 +3385,7 @@
         (items, tablename, fields) = 
self.select_raw(query,fields,attributes)
         # self.db['_lastsql'] = self._select(query,fields,attributes)
         rows = [
-            [t=='id' and int(item.key().id()) or getattr(item, t) for t in 
fields]
+            [t=='id' and (int(item.key().id()) if item.key().id() else 
item.key().name()) or getattr(item, t) for t in fields]
             for item in items]
         colnames = ['%s.%s' % (tablename, t) for t in fields]
         return self.parse(rows, colnames, False)