Thanks. This simplifies things tremendously.
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:33:04 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote: > > Yes, it's supposed to work. Both db.sometable.anyfield.table and > db.sometable.anyfield._table refer to the db.sometable object; and > db.sometable.anyfield.tablename and db.sometable.anytable._tablename refer > to the name of the db.sometable object (i.e., the string "sometable"). The > ._table and ._tablename versions are documented at the end of this section: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/6#Record-representation, but > not the .table and .tablename versions. > > Also, both db.sometable._id and db.sometable.id refer to the id field of > the table, even if the id field is named something other than "id" (._id is > briefly mentioned > here<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/6#Recursive-selects>, > but I don't think .id is documented). > > Anthony > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:15:21 AM UTC-4, Cliff Kachinske wrote: >> >> >> It seems to work, because >> >> print db.sometable.id.table >> >> returns 'sometable'. >> >> But I can't find any documentation for it. Is this how things are >> supposed to work, or am I just seeing a side effect? >> >> Thanks >> Cliff Kachinske >> >
