I think you need to check the web2py errors that are being generated. That should tell you what is going on.
Jim On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 5:04 PM Cristina Sig <krysthi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm having the same datatables warning: ajax error so I guess it might be > the referenced field that is causing the error because even the table is > not being field with data. > > El lunes, 17 de junio de 2019, 18:55:02 (UTC-3), Jim S escribió: >> >> Are you getting an error on the referenced field (Nationality) or is it >> just not returning the results you're expecting? >> >> -Jim >> >> On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Cristina Sig wrote: >>> >>> thanks! >>> I solved the integer field but it seems that the referenced fields are >>> not working. >>> I will try to see what is the issue with them >>> >>> El lunes, 17 de junio de 2019, 18:05:18 (UTC-3), Jim S escribió: >>>> >>>> I'm guessing it's the phone number field. You can't use 'contains' on >>>> a numeric field. So, try this: >>>> >>>> if search_value and search_value != '' and search_value != 0: >>>> try: >>>> int_search_value = int(search_value) >>>> queries.append((db.Student.firstname.contains(search_value)) | >>>> (db.Student.lastname.contains(search_value)) | >>>> (db.Student.phone == int_search_value) | >>>> (db.Nationality.descripcion.contains( >>>> search_value)) >>>> >>>> except: >>>> queries.append((db.Student.firstname.contains(search_value)) | >>>> (db.Student.lastname.contains(search_value)) | >>>> (db.Nationality.descripcion.contains( >>>> search_value)) >>>> >>>> query = reduce(lambda a, b: (a & b), queries) >>>> query.select(left=db.Nationality.on(db.Student.nationality == db. >>>> Nationality.id)) >>>> >>>> Basically, if you can convert the search_value to an int, you want to >>>> check the phone number against the int as well. If you can't convert to an >>>> int, then don't include phone number in the search. >>>> >>>> The datatables error is not very helpful. What you want to look at is >>>> the error that web2py is generating to confirm that it is the phone number >>>> like I think it is. >>>> >>>> -Jim >>>> >>>> On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 3:44:27 PM UTC-5, Cristina Sig wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello Jim, >>>>> >>>>> I tried the code and it shows me an error >>>>> >>>>> *DataTables warning: table id=tableStudent - Ajax error. For more >>>>> information about this error, please see http://datatables.net/tn/7 >>>>> <http://datatables.net/tn/7>* >>>>> >>>>> I think it is not recognising the numeric field or the referenced ones >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> El lunes, 17 de junio de 2019, 11:30:45 (UTC-3), Jim S escribió: >>>>>> >>>>>> Cristina >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd look at adding a 'left' argument on my query.select(). >>>>>> >>>>>> if search_value and search_value != '' and search_value != 0: >>>>>> queries.append((db.Student.firstname.contains(search_value)) | >>>>>> (db.Student.lastname.contains(search_value)) | >>>>>> (db.Student.phone.contains(search_value)) | >>>>>> (db.Nationality.descripcion.contains(search_value >>>>>> )) >>>>>> >>>>>> query = reduce(lambda a, b: (a & b), queries) >>>>>> query.select(left=db.Nationality.on(db.Student.nationality == db. >>>>>> Nationality.id)) >>>>>> >>>>>> The above should give you the rows where the search text matches >>>>>> firstname or lastname or phone or nationality description. You may want >>>>>> to >>>>>> change that to 'and' instead of 'or' depending on your requirements. >>>>>> >>>>>> Make sense? >>>>>> >>>>>> -Jim >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 8:36:09 PM UTC-5, Cristina Sig wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm a newbie on python language so I'm struggling to do some queries. >>>>>>> I have a table Student which I use to fill a table on view, above >>>>>>> that table, I have a search box, where I would like to provide the >>>>>>> option >>>>>>> to search in multiple columns (phone, last name, first name, or >>>>>>> nationality). >>>>>>> I don't know how exactly do a dynamic query in this case because I >>>>>>> have some fields which are references from other tables. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is my Db >>>>>>> db.define_table('Nationality', >>>>>>> Field('descripcion', 'string'), >>>>>>> ) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> db.define_table('Grade', >>>>>>> Field('level', 'string'), >>>>>>> ) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> db.define_table('Student', >>>>>>> Field('lastname', 'string'), >>>>>>> Field('firstname', 'string'), >>>>>>> Field('nationality','reference Nationality'), >>>>>>> Field('phone', 'integer'), >>>>>>> Field('email', 'string'), >>>>>>> Field('gradelevel','reference Grade'), >>>>>>> ) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and this is my try so far >>>>>>> queries = [(db.Student.id > 0)] >>>>>>> if search_value and search_value != '' and search_value != 0: >>>>>>> queries.append(db.Student(search_value)) >>>>>>> query = reduce(lambda a,b:(a&b),queries) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> query.select() >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I found a generic way to do it but still don't know how to deal with >>>>>>> references. >>>>>>> Any suggestion/idea would be very appreciated :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> queries=[]if arg1 == "xyz": queries.append(db.abc.id > 0)if arg2 == >>>>>>> "xyz": queries.append(db.def.id > 0)query = reduce(lambda >>>>>>> a,b:(a&b),queries)query.select() >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/q-64a-Qzsqg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/fc8ef221-4178-42bf-80d5-5365bf0eea35%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/fc8ef221-4178-42bf-80d5-5365bf0eea35%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. 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