A couple of obvious thing.  First, the query goes with the db() not
the select().  Second, the reference to room is via room.id rather
than room.name.  So you could try:

reservations = db(db.reservation.room==room.id).select()


On Nov 8, 8:49 am, Matthew Young <mab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello I am using the Version 1.99.3 (2011-11-07 17:41:19) dev version
> of web2py.
>
> I am having an issue with this view function:
> def check_room_availability():
>     room = db.room(request.args(0)) or redirect(URL('view_rooms'))
>     reservations = db().select(db.reservation.room.name==room.name)
>     return dict(room=room, reservations=reservations)
>
> I get the following error when this page is viewed with a room number
> passed as an argument:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 194, in
> restricted
>     in code it raises a RestrictedError containing the traceback.
> layer is
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/applications/roomReserve/controllers/
> default.py", line 121, in <module>
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 149, in
> <lambda>
>     self.files = []            # used by web2py_ajax.html
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/applications/roomReserve/controllers/
> default.py", line 85, in check_room_availability
>     reservations = db().select(db.reservation.room.name==room.name)
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 5697, in select
>     db,
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1225, in select
>     sql_t += ' %s %s' % (icommand, str(t))
>   File "/home/mattosaurus/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1128, in _select
>     tablenames = self.tables(query)
> SyntaxError: Set: no tables selected
>
> My table definitions in db.py look like this:
> db.define_table('room',
>     Field('name'),
>     Field('description','text'),
>     Field('location','text'),
>     format='%(name)s')
>
> db.define_table('reservation',
>     Field('room','references room'),
>     Field('start_date','datetime'),
>     Field('end_date','datetime'),
>     Field('special_requirements','text'),
>     Field('approved','boolean'),
>     auth.signature)
>
> db.reservation.room.requires = IS_IN_DB(db,db.room.id,'%(name)s')
> db.room.name.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()
> db.room.description.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()
> db.room.location.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()
> db.reservation.start_date.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()
> db.reservation.end_date.requires = IS_NOT_EMPTY()
>
> Has anyone seen this error before? Is my select incorrect? I am
> finding the documentation a little confusing in this area.

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