Package web2py :: Package gluon :: Module dal :: Class Table

Class Table

object --+    
         |    
      dict --+
             |
            Table

an instance of this class represents a database table

Example:

   db = DAL(...)
   db.define_table('users', Field('name'))
   db.users.insert(name='me') # print db.users._insert(...) to see SQL
   db.users.drop()

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, db, tablename, *fields, **args)
Initializes the table and performs checking on the provided fields.

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_validate(self, **vars)

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_create_references(self)

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_filter_fields(self, record, id=True)

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_build_query(self, key)
for keyed table only

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__getitem__(self, key)
x[y]

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__call__(self, key=<function <lambda> at 0xd1ec80>, **kwargs)

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__setitem__(self, key, value)
x[i]=y

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__delitem__(self, key)
del x[y]

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__getattr__(self, key)

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__setattr__(self, key, value)
x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value

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__iter__(self)
iter(x)

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__repr__(self)
repr(x)

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__str__(self)
str(x)

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_drop(self, mode='') source code

drop(self, mode='') source code

_listify(self, fields, update=True)

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_insert(self, **fields)

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insert(self, **fields)

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validate_and_insert(self, **fields)

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update_or_insert(self, key=<function <lambda> at 0xd1ec80>, **values)

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bulk_insert(self, items)
here items is a list of dictionaries

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_truncate(self, mode=1)

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truncate(self, mode=1)

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import_from_csv_file(self, csvfile, id_map=1, null='<NULL>', unique='uuid', *args, **kwargs)
import records from csv file. source code

with_alias(self, alias)

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on(self, query)

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Inherited from dict: __cmp__, __contains__, __eq__, __ge__, __getattribute__, __gt__, __hash__, __le__, __len__, __lt__, __ne__, __new__, clear, copy, fromkeys, get, has_key, items, iteritems, iterkeys, itervalues, keys, pop, popitem, setdefault, update, values

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, db, tablename, *fields, **args)
(Constructor)

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Initializes the table and performs checking on the provided fields.

Each table will have automatically an 'id'.

If a field is of type Table, the fields (excluding 'id') from that table will be used instead.

:raises SyntaxError: when a supplied field is of incorrect type.

Returns:

new empty dictionary

Overrides: dict.__init__

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

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x[y]

Overrides: dict.__getitem__: (inherited documentation)

setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)

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x[i]=y

Overrides: dict.__setitem__: (inherited documentation)

delitem(self, key)
(Index deletion operator)

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del x[y]

Overrides: dict.__delitem__: (inherited documentation)

setattr(self, key, value)

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x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value

Overrides: object.__setattr__: (inherited documentation)

iter(self)

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iter(x)

Overrides: dict.__iter__: (inherited documentation)

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

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repr(x)

Overrides: dict.__repr__: (inherited documentation)

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)

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str(x)

Overrides: object.__str__: (inherited documentation)

import_from_csv_file(self, csvfile, id_map=1, null=`'<NULL>'`, unique=`'uuid'`, *args, **kwargs)

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import records from csv file. Column headers must have same names as table fields. field 'id' is ignored. If column names read 'table.file' the 'table.' prefix is ignored. 'unique' argument is a field which must be unique (typically a uuid field)

Class Table

__init__(self, db, tablename, *fields, **args) (Constructor)

__getitem__(self, key) (Indexing operator)

__setitem__(self, key, value) (Index assignment operator)

__delitem__(self, key) (Index deletion operator)

__setattr__(self, key, value)

__iter__(self)

__repr__(self) (Representation operator)

__str__(self) (Informal representation operator)

import_from_csv_file(self, csvfile, id_map=1, null='<NULL>', unique='uuid', *args, **kwargs)

init(self, db, tablename, *fields, **args)
(Constructor)

getitem(self, key)
(Indexing operator)

setitem(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator)

delitem(self, key)
(Index deletion operator)

setattr(self, key, value)

iter(self)

repr(self)
(Representation operator)

str(self)
(Informal representation operator)

import_from_csv_file(self, csvfile, id_map=1, null=`'<NULL>'`, unique=`'uuid'`, *args, **kwargs)