Yes, completely different. Virtual fields/methods are defined at row level and receives row as argument. @make_member_of() defines a method at table level.
For references, see this slide: http://effectivedjango.com/slides/tutorial/models.html#5 And this documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/db/managers/ TL;DR version: managers are functions that make common queries in a table, avoiding code repetition throughout an application. -- Vinicius Assef On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this different from using Field.Method: > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#New-style-virtual-fields > > Anthony > > > On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:34:48 PM UTC-4, viniciusban wrote: >> >> I created a decorator to allow binding a function to a Table instance. >> >> IMHO, this helps organizing models, creating something similar to >> Django's managers. >> >> To an example, see: https://gist.github.com/viniciusban/5497532 >> >> To get an scaffolding application with organized model files and this >> decorator embedded, visit https://github.com/viniciusban/my_welcome >> >> Hope this helps somebody. >> >> Massimo, what do you think about embedding this decorator (or >> something better) in web2py, to allow creating table methods? >> >> -- >> Vinicius Assef > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.