This might be completely wrong but did you try using the slice operator? like so:
if len(rows) == max+1: #lose last row! #but how? results = self.build_results( *rows[:max] *) return results Sorry if it doesn't work. I can't try it now. Regards, Tiago Almeida On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Carl <carl.ro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm building a ui that lists results to the user. if there are further > results available a "More" button allows the user to retrieve them > (and have them displayed beneath the existing results) > > To calculate if there are indeed more results available I am using > limitby and requesting one more result than I return to the client for > display. > > outline code... > > max=10 > query=... > rows = self.db(query).select(..., limitby=(0,max+1)) > > if len(rows) == max+1: > #lose last row! > #but how? > results = self.build_results(rows) > return results > > I want to lose the last row of rows before passing it to build_results > AND leave the database records untouched. > > I'm guessing the solution is straightforward and I'm just slow this > morning! :) > > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >
