[web2py] Re: DAL format= functionality

2011-03-31 Thread Gregory Hellings
Ah, it looks like virtual fields is exactly what I'm looking for. That way I can just call line.speaker.name and have that calculated off of the user's name, etc. Thanks! I knew I had to be missing something obvious to save me the effort. --Greg On Mar 31, 9:26 pm, Anthony wrote: > I think t

[web2py] Re: DAL format= functionality

2011-03-31 Thread Anthony
I think the format argument only alters the record representation in forms and SQLTABLE (which is used when a set or records is serialized in a view). If you're just doing a query and pulling an individual field value from a row, I don't think the format will be applied. See http://web2py.com/b