Thank you so much!  was this covered in some documentation i may have 
missed?

On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:51:06 AM UTC-8, Niphlod wrote:
>
> because db.table.field is NOT a string.
>
> statA = request.vars.stat1
> order='db.allstats.'+statA
>
> should be
>
> statA = request.vars.stat1
> order=db.allstats[statA]
>
> On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:32:20 AM UTC+1, Noah Corradin wrote:
>>
>> can someone explain to me why the following does not perform the way i 
>> thought it would....
>>
>> This works:
>> results=db(db.allstats.ptype==ptype).select(db.allstats.ALL, 
>> orderby=db.allstats.attack)
>>
>> But this does not:
>>
>> statA = request.vars.stat1
>> order='db.allstats.'+statA
>>
>> results = db(db.allstats.ptype==ptype).select(db.allstats.ALL, 
>> orderby=order)
>>
>> i receive: uknown column 'db.allstats.attack'
>>
>> i've built selects using variables but i cant build orderby with 
>> variables? any tips would be awesome.
>>
>

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