Thank you, Richard! This is great. How could I pass the parameters from a list though? I'm still learning the DAL. So if I have 6 records I want to return with the id in the list [1,2,5,7,204]
How could I do that? Any code example would help. On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:58:03 AM UTC-4, Richard wrote: > > Sure! > > Custom : > You create a form (with SQLFORM) to get what the user want to know that > gonna be the parameters of your search... Then you make a query > (db(db.table.field_in_which_you_search == > the_parameters_you_get_by_your_form).select(db.table.ALL), you create a > grid with the results of the search... > > Web2py built-in with SQLFORM.grid() > You can also use SQLFORM.grid() that will display a grid with a few > records (inline) and there is a built-in query builder and search field... > If you input your creteria in the field something like > "db.table.field_you_want_to_search_in == your_creteria you" will get the > records that correspond to you creteria if any. > > If you only want a list of ids for internal use in another function the > custom way is maybe more what you want... But if you build this list just > to get the record and want to display them latter you should think to use > SQLFORM.grid that provide all what you want as far as I understand what you > need. > > Richard > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:27 AM, LoveWeb2py <atayl...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to create a search function that allows users to search the >> database without accessing the SQLFORM. >> >> Is there a good way to display multiple results based on the record id? >> Could I create a unique SQLFORM view just on the record IDs that are >> retrieved? >> >> Basically my search goes through and checks their search against a huge >> database. If their search hits on something in the database I append the >> record ID to a list. >> >> Records = [1,2,5,7,204] >> >> Is there a way for me to only show those records to them? >> >> -- >> 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 <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
