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? 
>>>>
>>>

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