Thanks! Dave, been using web2py since 2010 :) however not been active in coding from last few months.. (kinda lost touch) I'll get over it quickly though.
Rahul On Sunday, June 22, 2014 12:09:10 AM UTC+5:30, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 20, 2014 1:14:59 AM UTC-7, Rahul wrote: >> >> Hi Dave, All, >> I found a solution - It was easy - >> wrote a new function that takes a parameter, called it in the view and it >> redirects to the required page. >> > > Glad you got it going. You're moving ahead faster than I am :-) > > /dps > > >> >> query = (db.fotoz.album_name == "%s" % request.args(0)) >> >> >> >> and have this >> <p> <a href="{{=URL(r=request, c='default', f='view_album', >> args=[allalbums[i].album_name])}}" class="btn">View Album</a></p> >> >> >> in view. >> >> That sends the argument to this function and displays the album. The only >> issue is with spaces in album names that dont work. But I would find a >> workaround over it. >> >> We can consider this thread closed. Thanks Everyone. >> >> Cheers, Rahul >> >> A few threads that helped... - >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/web2py/WJtJ-QDemTM >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9328126/web2py-connecting-to-the-correct-controller >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/web2py/ICo5-yFgxmc >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, June 20, 2014 10:24:42 AM UTC+5:30, Rahul wrote: >>> >>> Thanks! for replying Dave. While I am open to suggestions, I plan to >>> redirect the request such that as soon as the user clicks on any album >>> thumbnail - he gets redirected to a page (perhaps viewalbum.html) where all >>> images belonging to a particular album are listed. >>> >>> Thanks, Rahul. >>> >>> On Friday, June 20, 2014 12:31:14 AM UTC+5:30, Dave S wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:50:09 AM UTC-7, Rahul wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> I am writing an image gallery in my app. I am stuck up here - >>>>> I want to display images that belong to a particular album when I >>>>> select that album in the view. Although I am able to display albums in >>>>> the >>>>> view, but cannot proceed further to display images belonging to that >>>>> particular albums after clicking the album (from the view). >>>>> >>>>> here are the table in *db.py* - >>>>> db.define_table('photoalbum', >>>>> Field('reguser_id'), >>>>> Field('album_name'), >>>>> Field('short_description'), >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> db.define_table(photos', >>>>> Field('reguser_id'), >>>>> Field('caption'), >>>>> Field('category', requires=IS_IN_SET(pix_cat)), >>>>> Field('description', 'text'), >>>>> Field('upload_photo', 'upload' , uploadfolder=request.folder + ' >>>>> static/uploads', default=0, autodelete=True,), >>>>> Field('album_name', requires=IS_IN_SET(albums)), >>>>> ) >>>>> >>>>> I would think you want the last line to be a reference, like >>>>> Field('album_name', >>>>> 'reference photoalbum'); >>>>> >>>>> Controller - *default.py * >>>>> >>>>> def myalbums(): >>>>> >>>>> ## selects all albums >>>>> allalbums = db(db.photoalbum.reguser_id == session. >>>>> logged_in_user_id). select(db.photoalbum.album_name) >>>>> >>>>> # selects descriptions for all albums >>>>> alldescriptions = db(db.photoalbum.reguser_id == session. >>>>> logged_in_user_id). select(db.photoalbum.short_description) >>>>> >>>>> ## selects photos >>>>> allimages = db(db.photos.reguser_id == session.logged_in_user_id). >>>>> select(db.photos.upload_photo, db.photos.caption, db.photos. >>>>> description, cache=(cache.ram,20)) >>>>> >>>>> return dict(allalbums=allalbums, alldescriptions=alldescriptions, >>>>> allimages=allimages) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Code in the view *myalbum.html* >>>>> <!-- New Try --> >>>>> >>>>> {{for i in range(len(allalbums)):}} >>>>> >>>>> <ul class="thumbnails"> >>>>> <!-- Iterate over all images - --> >>>>> <li class="span2"> >>>>> <div class="thumbnail"> >>>>> <!-- <img data-src="holder.js/300x200" alt="300x200" style=""> >>>>> --> >>>>> >>>>> {{=(A(IMG(_src=URL(r=request,c='static\images',f='vimage.jpg' >>>>> )),_href=URL (r=request,c='default', f='myalbums', args=[allalbums[i]. >>>>> album_name]) ))}} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <div class="caption"> >>>>> <h5>{{=allalbums[i].album_name}}</h5> >>>>> <p>{{=alldescriptions[i].short_description}}</p> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> </div> >>>>> >>>>> </div> >>>>> </li> >>>>> >>>>> {{pass}} >>>>> {{pass}} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here I can get the album names in the view but when I click on it, it >>>>> should query all the photos belonging to that particular (as specified in >>>>> args) albumname and show all images in another page or a carousel that I >>>>> would create. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Do you want a redirect, or to have multiple pages open at a time? >>>> >>>> In either case, don't you need a link (to another controller) or an >>>> action (from a form) that would query for somethng like >>>> db(photos.album_name == var.album_name).select() ? >>>> >>>> I'm not a dab hand at this; I'm still bouncing back and forth in the >>>> manual as I type this, >>>> < >>>> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#One-to-many-relation >>>> > >>>> but there's a bunch of examples in the recent posts to this list. >>>> >>>> Grabbing one thread rather quickly, this one might have some pertinence: >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/web2py/nDBOL7w6qB4/3181A5kRWSAJ> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Again - The image vimage.jpg specified in the view is a static image, >>>>> can the thumbnail image representing a particular album be created from >>>>> an >>>>> image from within the album ? Please suggest .. >>>>> >>>>> I've read about the thumbnail processing in the book, and a couple of >>>> examples in the groups since last summer, but haven't actually tried it. >>>> So I'll defer to others, other than to say that "seems possible". >>>> >>>> /dps >>>> >>>> -- 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.