You can avoid a union like so: rows = db(q).select(r).as_list() rows.extend(db(qq).select(rr).as_list()
You have to access attributes dictionary fashion, not in dot notation. Could be a problem for SQLTABLE and descendants. Google 'sort list of dictionaries' to see how to sort it. On Friday, July 20, 2012 3:00:58 PM UTC-4, Andrew wrote: > > Does that mean sample, example, random have to have identical structures ? > What if I just want the id and name columns ? How do I select just those > in a union scenario? > > I know massimo doesn't like unions, but they are required sometimes. I > am visualizing object relationships in a graph (picture something like > http://bost.ocks.org/mike/fisheye ) and I want to get one list of nodes. > I've only done it with executesql so far. > --

