hi

is it possible to create a text field in table 'advandced' containing
'name1' (no reference, just characters)

andrej


On 10 nov., 15:22, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> ERRATA:
>
> do this:
>
> db.define.table('basic'
>                 Field('name1')
>                 ...,format='%(name1)s')
>
> db.define.table('advanced'
>                 Field('name2',db.basic)
>                 ...,format=lambda row: db.basic(row.name2).name1)
>
> # db.advanced.name.requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'basic.id','%(name1)s')
>
> db.define.table('data'
>                 Field('something',db.advanced)
>                 ...)
>
> but this is going to be SOOO slow. You are making two select per each
> row in the dropdown.
>
> On Nov 4, 8:59 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > do this:
>
> > db.define.table('basic'
> >                 Field('name1')
> >                 ...,format='%(name1)s')
>
> > db.define.table('advanced'
> >                 Field('name2',db.basic)
> >                 ...,format='%(name2)s')
>
> > # db.advanced.name.requires=IS_IN_DB(db,'basic.id','%(name1)s')
>
> > db.define.table('data'
> >                 Field('something',db.advanced)
> >                 ...)
>
>

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