It worked fine, thank you! Aurelien
(I got it wrong because I had tried instead: count = db.person.id.count()) On Feb 18, 3:19 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Now sure try > > count = db.dog.id.count() > rows=db().select(db.person.id,db.person.name, count, > left=db.dog.on(db.person.id==db.dog.owner),groupby=db.person.id) > print row.person.name, row[count] > > On Feb 18, 7:03 am, aure <aureliengir...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have used the methods given in the web2py manual, in the "One to > > Many Relation" part, to try and combine a left outer join with > > grouping and counting. But I did not manage. > > > The examples given are: > > > >>> rows=db().select(db.person.ALL, db.dog.ALL, > > >>> left=db.dog.on(db.person.id==db.dog.owner)) > > >>> for row in rows: > > > print row.person.name, 'has', row.dog.name > > Alex has Skipper > > Alex has Snoopy > > Bob has Puppy > > Carl has None > > > >>> count = db.person.id.count() > > >>> for row in db(db.person.id==db.dog.owner).select(db.person.name, count, > > >>> groupby=db.person.id): > > > print row.person.name, row._extra[count] > > Alex 2 > > Bob 1 > > > What should the query be to get such a result: > > Alex 2 > > Bob 1 > > Carl 0 > > > Thank you, > > Aurelien -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.