> On Dec 24, 12:25 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > db.dog.owner.display=lambda id: db(db.person.id==id).select()[0].name > > and t2.displays(db.dog) will show you the owner's name not his id.
Oops, still have an issue here. If the owner field is blank for a record then this fails: SyntaxError: SQLRows: no such row Is there a way to make this fail gracefully if the field is blank? (I want many fields to be optional, but if-populated to display meaningfully..) Many thanks, F --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---