Hi villas, Thnx for your reply.
I am only playing for a couple of day's with web2py and python. I have more experience in php. ;) As what i see now is that the JOIN is not correct i think.. going to give it another try. speak to you later. regards Bart On 8 feb, 19:00, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Bart > > I'd take a look at whether you are producing the correct SQL. Try > placing an underscore in front of your select to expose in the > commandline console whether the SQL is what you want. See the > underscore here: > > print db(db.topics.id== request.args(0))._select(db.topics.title, > db.topics.content,db.replys.content,left=db.topics.on(db.topics.id==db.replys.topic_id)) > > You can then play around with the query until you get it right. Sorry > I'm not answering your question directly but it's often better to show > a man how to fish :-) > > -D > > On Feb 8, 8:55 am, Bart <bartje1...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Just starting with Web2py and i feel like a kid in a play garden. ;) > > > Ok my problem, i am trying to make a simple JOIN but when i do that i > > have a problem with my views. > > My controlle looks like this: > > > def read(): > > > thispage = db.topics[request.args(0)] > > > if not thispage: > > redirect(URL(r=request, f='read')) > > > if auth.user_id: > > form = form = SQLFORM(db.replys) > > form.vars.topic_id = request.args(0) > > form.vars.user_id = auth.user_id > > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > > response.flash = 'Topic created!' > > else: > > form = 'need to login to reply' > > > db(db.topics.id==request.args(0)).select()[0] > > #topics = db(db.topics.id==request.args(0)).select(db.topics.id== > > db.replys.topic_id) > > #replys = > > db(db.replys.topic_id==request.args(0)).select(db.replys.ALL, > > orderby=~db.replys.posted) > > #query = (db.topics.id==db.replys.topic_id)&(db.topics.id == > > request.args(0)) > > rows= db(db.topics.id== request.args(0)).select(db.topics.title, > > db.topics.content, > > db.replys.content, > > left=db.topics.on(db.topics.id==db.replys.topic_id)) > > > return dict(rows=rows,form=form) > > > My view looks like this: > > > {{extend 'layout.html'}} > > > {{for row in rows:}} > > <h1> {{=row.topics.title}} </h1> > > <p> {{=row.topics.content}}</p> > > {{pass}} > > > {{for row in rows:}} > > <hr> > > <p> {{=row.replys.content}}</p> > > {{pass}} > > > <b> {{=form}} </b> > > When i have a few reply's then i have row.topics.titles and > > row.topics.content as the same amount as the row.replys.content. > > When i don't have a reply, then i don get the record back from topics. > > > Now my question: How do i get one time the topics record back, and > > when there is none replys just the the record of the topic? > > > What am i missing at this point? > > > Thanks for the help. > > regards, Bart > >