[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-29 Thread villas
Not sure if this personal experience helps but... I only use SQLFORM.grid when it is clearly a quick and simple solution. Otherwise, I use DataTables, which I think is great. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code

[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-24 Thread Jacob
Thank you this was very helpful and pointed me in the right direction! On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 7:42:24 PM UTC+1, João Matos wrote: > > My bad. distinct only works in select. But a grid doesn't accept a select > only a query. > > I see 3 options: > 1. Don't use the grid and you can use the di

[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-15 Thread João Matos
My bad. distinct only works in select. But a grid doesn't accept a select only a query. I see 3 options: 1. Don't use the grid and you can use the distinct=True in the select; 2. Use the grid and use groupby as a replacement of distinct (this is not a recommend use, but for some situations it wo

[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-14 Thread Jacob
Unfortunately the alternative isn't enough, I've looked into distinct = True, but as I mentioned earlier I couldn't get it to work with the SQLFORM.grid sorry again I'm still very new to python and web2py. My code looks like this controller contains: def car_records(): fields =[db.car.vehicle_

[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-14 Thread Jacob
Thank you for replying couldn't get it to work with the grid but found an alternative for now. On Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 9:26:18 AM UTC+1, João Matos wrote: > > Check distinct=True in the book. > > domingo, 14 de Abril de 2019 às 04:27:33 UTC+1, Jacob escreveu: >> >> Hello I'm new to web2py an

[web2py] Re: Duplicates in SQLgrid

2019-04-14 Thread João Matos
Check distinct=True in the book. domingo, 14 de Abril de 2019 às 04:27:33 UTC+1, Jacob escreveu: > > Hello I'm new to web2py and I have a query which joins tables and displays > the results in an SQLgrid. Within the grid of results there values which > are appearing more than once due to many to