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.

Reply via email to