Could you supply an example of what you intend to achieve, preferably a query?
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Mark <czhang2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Viniciusban, > > Thank you for the help. But I don't know if the name is "John" or whatever. > I hope the name such as "John" can be fetched dynamically from another table > (e.g. db.student). Now, I think maybe it is not possible. > > > On Monday, October 28, 2013 3:04:29 PM UTC-4, viniciusban wrote: >> >> rows = db(db.person.name.startswith("John")).select() >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Mark <czhan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I want to use startswith in a query like following, but it didn't work: >> > >> > db.person.name.startswith(db.student.name) >> > >> > What is wrong in this query? Is there a better way for it or a work >> > around? >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > -- >> > Resources: >> > - http://web2py.com >> > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> > --- >> > 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+un...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > 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. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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.