Thank you so much for your help. db.table2.field_1.requires = IS_IN_DB <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_DB>(db,db.table_1.field_1, '%(field_1)s') rows = db(db.table1).select()
rows shows db.table1 = 1 and not 'some_value' Unfortuantely still does not work. I am running pyDal on its own and when I try to query the run On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:50:45 PM UTC-4, Greenpoise wrote: > > Like this, in the model: > db.define_table('table1', > Field('field_1'), > format='%(field_1)s') > > db.define_table('table2', > Field('field_1', 'reference table1'), > Field('field_2', 'string), > format='%(field_1)s') > db.table2.field_1.requires = IS_IN_DB > <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_DB>(db,db. > table_1.field_1,'%(field_1)s') > > > > > > On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 9:29:35 AM UTC-7, LoveWeb2py wrote: >> >> Do I define that in the model.py file? Can I do it before the query? >> >> On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 12:28:02 PM UTC-4, Greenpoise wrote: >>> >>> db.table2.field_1.requires = IS_IN_DB >>> <http://localhost:8000/examples/global/vars/IS_IN_DB>(db,db.table_1.field_1,'%(field_1)s') >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 9:20:34 AM UTC-7, LoveWeb2py wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> How can I select a foreign key and represent the value? I want to >>>> represent the entire group and now have to do individual queries for each >>>> foreign key. Is that possible? >>>> >>>> db.define_table('table1', >>>> Field('field_1'), >>>> format='%(field_1)s') >>>> >>>> db.define_table('table2', >>>> Field('field_1', 'reference table1'), >>>> Field('field_2', 'string), >>>> format='%(field_1)s') >>>> >>>> So in this example I would do data = db(db.table1).select() which >>>> returns a rows object. But the reference table1 returns an integer instead >>>> of the actual value stored in the field. >>>> >>>> How could I retrieve the value instead of the integer and is it >>>> possible to do it in bulk? >>>> >>> -- 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.