I think this should answer your question: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/web2py/0lL1wcjcdxU
-Jim On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 5:04:36 PM UTC-5, lyn2py wrote: > > I have 2 tables: > > db.define_table('TABLE_1', > Field('name','string'), > format='%(name)s' > ) > > db.define_table('TABLE_2', > Field('tab_id','reference TABLE_1'), > Field('name','string'), > format='%(tab_id)s %(name)s' > ) > > Let's say TABLE_1 has an entry like: > id = 1, > name = 'Fred', > > => represented as 'Fred' > > And TABLE_2 has an entry like: > id = 1, > tab_id = 1, > name = 'Cousin' > > => represented as '1 Cousin' > > I would like to have *TABLE_2*'s format/representation to be '*Fred > Cousin*' instead of '*1 Cousin*' - may I know if this is possible, and > how I can achieve this? > > Thank you. > > -- 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.