Try this, dog = 'dog12345' db.person[1][dog].select()
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Marcello Parra <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ross.... > > I tried this, but did not work: > > - db.person[1].dog.select() raises: > KeyError: 'dog' > > but.... > - db.person[1].dog12345.select() > works fine > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Ross Peoples <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I don't know if anyone has tried this kind of thing before. The only idea >> I have right now is to alias your table objects. This MIGHT work, or might >> make things worse :) Either way, try this and see if it works (no promises): >> >> db.define_table('person12345', >> Field('name'), >> ) >> db.person = db.person12345 >> >> db.define_table('dog12345', >> Field('name'), >> Field('owner', db.person) >> ) >> db.dog = db.dog12345 >> >> >
