No difference.
On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 18:12:07 UTC-6, Apple Mason wrote:
>
> Can you quickly explain the difference between:
>
> (db.clothing.id==db.clothing_person.clothing_Id) &
> (db.person.id==db.clothing_person.person_id)
>
> and
>
> (db.clothing_person.clothing_id==db.clothing.id) &
> (db.clothing_person.person_id==db.person.id)
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 5:15:51 PM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>> You can't achieve it without a "custom function", but it's not that hard
>> to write....
>>
>> //totally untested//
>>
>> def search_whatever(people=[], items=[], clothings=[]):
>> q = db.people.name.belongs(people)
>> if items:
>> q = q & (db.item_person.person_id == db.person.id) #the
>> reference
>> q = q & (db.item.name.belongs(items))
>> if clothing:
>> q = q & (
>> (db.clothing.id == db.clothing_person.clothing_id) &
>> (db.person.id == db.clothing_person.person_id)
>> ) #the reference
>> q = q & (db.clothing.name.belongs(clothings))
>> ........
>> rows = db(q).select(db.person.ALL)
>> return rows
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:03:06 PM UTC+1, Apple Mason wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a more lenient version of what_I_want that will give me based
>>> on what I put in? For example,
>>>
>>> If I just want all people named Bob, it would return all people named
>>> Bob.
>>>
>>> If I just want all people named Bob or nicknamed Bobcat, then I wlll get
>>> all people named Bob or nicknamed Bobcat.
>>>
>>> If I just want all people nicknamed Bobcat who also have item1, item2,
>>> then I get all people nicknamed Bobcat with item1,item2
>>>
>>> If I just want all people named Bob and nicknamed Bobcat and have item1,
>>> and clothing1, clothing2, then I get all people named Bob and nicknamed
>>> Bobcat with item1, clothing1, clothnig2
>>>
>>> Right now if I do:
>>>
>>> what_i_want = (
>>> (db.person.name=='Bob') &
>>> (db.item.name=='item1') &
>>> (db.clothing.name=='clothing1')
>>> )
>>>
>>> I get results. But if I do:
>>>
>>> what_I_want = (
>>> (db.person.name=='Bob')
>>> )
>>>
>>> It doesn't return any rows.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:14:09 AM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> why the hassle of using joins like those ones ?
>>>> If you're not fond of searching through left joins, and you still want
>>>> your whole dataset "consistent", and a search "a-la-fulltext".....better
>>>> do
>>>> something like this
>>>>
>>>> whole_set = (
>>>> (db.person.id == db.clothing_person.person_id) &
>>>> (db.clothing.id == db.clothing_person.clothing_id) &
>>>> (db.item_person.person_id == db.person.id) &
>>>> (db.item_person.item_id == db.item.id)
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> then, you can search it as
>>>>
>>>> what_I_want = (
>>>> (db.person.name == 'Bob') &
>>>> ....
>>>> (db.item.name == 'item1')
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> rows = db(whole_set)(what_I_want).select()
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 6:29:10 AM UTC+1, Apple Mason wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to search across some many to many tables, but with certain
>>>>> conditions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('person',
>>>>> Field('name', 'string'),
>>>>> Field('nickname', 'string'))
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('clothing',
>>>>> Field('name', 'string'))
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('item',
>>>>> Field('name', 'string'))
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('item_person',
>>>>> Field('person_id', 'reference person'),
>>>>> Field('item_id', 'reference item'))
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('clothing_person',
>>>>> Field('person_id', 'reference person'),
>>>>> Field('clothing_id', 'reference clothing'))
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How would I find all people who have the name 'Bob' or nickname
>>>>> 'Bobcat' AND have items called 'item1' and 'item2' AND have clothing
>>>>> 'clothing1' ?
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, these are valid results:
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob has item1, item2 and clothing1
>>>>> Bobcat has item1, item2 and clothing1
>>>>>
>>>>> Would I use a join for this? Maybe something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> db( (db.person.name.like('Bob')) |
>>>>> (db.person.name.like('Bobcat')).select(db.person.ALL, join=[
>>>>> db.item_person.on(
>>>>> (db.item.id==db.item_person.item_id)
>>>>> & ((db.item.name=='item1') & (db.item.name='item2'))),
>>>>> db.clothing_person.on(
>>>>> (db.clothing.id==db.clothing_person.clothing_id)
>>>>> & (db.clothing.name=='clothing1'))
>>>>> ])
>>>>>
>>>>> But that doesn't seem correct.
>>>>>
>>>>
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