Note, db() is not a DAL object but a Set object, so select() is a method of the Set class in dal.py. Ultimately, though, it calls the select() method of the database adapter (which itself calls the _select() method to generate the SQL).
In addition to looking at the code and Epydoc, this is all pretty well documented in the book: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/6#select Anthony On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:47:29 PM UTC-5, davidkw wrote: > > I'm fairly new to programming and haven't used documentation > extensively before. > > I'm having some trouble finding information. For example, I want to > know the arguments that can be passed to db().select(...) and what the > arguments for select() do. > > However, when I looked under web2py.gluon.dal, I was unable to find an > explanation for the select method. I only found examples that can be > hard to understand. > > Is there clear documentation for db().select(..)? Where would I find > it? Thanks.
