You cannot a have an inner join in smartgrid. That's the biggest difference 
in this case. You can have orderby.





On Monday, 21 May 2012 15:47:53 UTC-5, Jim S wrote:
>
>  Massimo - Is there a way to do it with a .smartgrid.  I know the question 
> wasn't on .smartgrid, but I'm using that extensively and too would like 
> some sort of solution.
>
>     -Jim
>
> On 5/21/2012 3:11 PM, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: 
>
> foreign key. You can do a join.
>
> On Monday, 21 May 2012 14:49:06 UTC-5, Jim S wrote: 
>>
>> You can specify the sort order using the orderby parameter.  But, I 
>> don't know how you get it to sort by the displayed value of a foreign 
>> key column. 
>>
>> Ex: 
>>
>> orderby = [~db.asset.acquiredOn, db.asset.assetTag, db.asset.description] 
>>
>> ~ orders descending. 
>>
>>      -Jim 
>>
>> On 5/21/2012 2:23 PM, Keith Edmunds wrote: 
>> > Two questions re SQLFORM.grid sorting. 
>> > 
>> > 1. Is it possible to specify the initial sort order? 
>> > 
>> > 2. I'm displaying a table that includes a foreign field. When I click 
>> on 
>> > the header to sort by that field, it sorts by the field id rather than 
>> by 
>> > the (displayed) foreign field. Can I sort by the displayed field? 
>> > 
>> > Thanks, 
>> > Keith 
>>
>  

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