And what if DAL supported statements like this? I think it doesen't by now:
db(Query(db.mytable.myfield, "mystringoperator", myvalue)).select() Would that be a possible to implement, enhanced way of querying the database for the framework? Does it follows B. Will A option? On 17 dic, 16:18, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am reading this over and over... "a == b is a boolean". I know what > you mean but it may be confusing to other users so I will clarify. > It is a boolean when a and b have values, else it is just an > expression. In dal, "a==b" is a query (an expression) that is > evaluated on every record and if it returns true the record is > selected (not unlike SQL). > > So in > > db(a == b).select() or the proposed (a==b).select() > > (a==b) does not return a boolean. > > Massimo > > On Dec 17, 11:36 am, Alan Etkin <spame...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > @Alan Etkin > > > Actually, (db.mytable.id == 3) is neither a tuple or a bool. The == > > > operator used on a field returns a Query object. > > > Yes, you are right, what i was trying to say is that this: > > > (a == b).select() > > > is more confusing to me than the normal web2py instruction because in > > a python program the above sentence should call a method of a bool > > object: > > > "...Comparisons yield boolean values: True or False..." > >
