I don't see howcome this works as random sorting.
The only random thing I see it's the row chosen for sorting which will
only change the sorting criteria for the number of rows in the table.
Am I wrong?
P.S.:
I couldn't make a quick test because:
isco-Ribeiros-MacBook-Pro-2:web2py blackthorne$ python web2py.py -S
"test"
web2py Enterprise Web Framework
Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2010
Version 1.89.5 (2010-11-21 16:03:13)
Database drivers available: SQLite3
application test does not exist, create (y/n)?yes
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "web2py.py", line 23, in <module>
gluon.widget.start(cron=True)
File "/Users/blackthorne/Code/web2py/gluon/widget.py", line 766, in
start
File "/Users/blackthorne/Code/web2py/gluon/shell.py", line 166, in
run
NameError: name 'aidr' is not defined
?
On Dec 6, 10:53 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> import random
> ...
> rows=db(...).select().sort(lambda row: random.random())
>
> On Dec 6, 4:09 pm, Albert Abril <albert.ab...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi!
>
> > As said on the book, in a DAL select, orderby='<random>' is not supported on
> > GAE.http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#orderby,-groupby,-limitby,-...
>
> > Someone knows the best way to randomize a Rows dictionary?
> > (thinking in GAE deployment of course)
>
> > Thanks in advance.
