Just found another very handy one: field.requires[0].ktable (provides the linked table name for a db reference field)
On Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:25:50 PM UTC-4, monotasker wrote: > > Maybe it's just me, but one of the things I find most confusing as I work > with web2py is figuring out what properties and methods each object has. > For example, I just learned that field.requires can have an options() > method that outputs a list of tuples for the options available in a > reference field. I really like the documentation in the web2py book because > it's oriented toward helping people actually build apps. But is there any > documentation of the data structure? I would find it enormously helpful to > have a "map" of the various objects returned by, say, DAL and SQLFORM, > listing all of their possible properties and methods. I know that this is > (in theory) available by simply reading the source code (that's how I > learned about the .options() method). But for those like myself who are not > full-time code gurus it would be a huge help to have this all a little more > accessible. >
