Maybe an error in the book... Table_name has to be present for disambiguation in case there the same field name is present in many table... Imagine you use viritual field in the context of a join where your other table having the same field name is joint into that request...
Richard On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Thomas Dall'Agnese < [email protected]> wrote: > It works, thanks! > > In the examples, they can call directly row.field_name. > Why do I have to specify the table name as well in my case? > (row.tablename.fieldbame) > > Is it a mistake in the book or is my case different than the examples? > Book example: > http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#New-style-virtual-fields-(experimental) >
