What is the value of auth.user_id? Are you sure there are records in the database whose "post_by" value is equal to it?
On Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 12:03:54 AM UTC-4, Maurice Waka wrote: > > when trying to view posts created by author, i tried this piece of code on > controller: > > 1. option one: replies = > > db(db.answers.posted_by==auth.user_id).select(orderby=~db.answers.posted_by,limitby=(0,10)) > 2. option two where the author has two fields populated with > information: > 1. questions = db(db.answers.quest == auth.user_id).select() > 2. replies = db(db.answers.report == auth.user_id).select() > > With above options, i keep getting a blank screen., but messages are > posted to the database > With this option below, i get to view all posts by not only the author's > posts but by all authors logged. I want it private that ONLY the author can > view his/her posts. > > - replies = db(db.answers).select() > - return dict(replies=replies) > > The code on the models is: > > db.define_table('answers', > Field('quest', 'text', 'reference auth_user'), > Field('report', 'text', 'reference auth_user'), > Field('posted_by','reference > auth_user',readable=False,writable=False), > auth.signature > ) > > > code on view.html: > > 1. Option one: all authors posts are seen on view > > {{for reply in replies:}} > {{=reply.quest}} > {{=reply.report.}} > {{pass}} > > > 1. Option two. gives a blank screen/view > > {{for question in questions:}} > {{=question.quest}} > {{pass}} > {{for reply in replies:}} > {{=reply.reportt}} > {{pass}} > > > > I don't know where am going wrong. Please assist > Kind regards > > -- 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.