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<h1 class="epydoc">Class Table</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table">source&nbsp;code</a></span><br /><br />
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object --+    
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      dict --+
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            <strong class="uidshort">Table</strong>
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<p>an instance of this class represents a database table</p>
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   db = DAL(...)
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        <span class="summary-sig-arg">tablename</span>,
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      Initializes the table and performs checking on the provided 
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        <span class="summary-sig-arg">**vars</span>)</span></td>
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_filter_fields"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_filter_fields</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">record</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">id</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">True</span>)</span></td>
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      for keyed table only</td>
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      x[y]</td>
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      x[i]=y</td>
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      str(x)</td>
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_drop"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_drop</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="drop"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">drop</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_listify"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_listify</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">fields</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">update</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">True</span>)</span></td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table._listify">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_insert"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_insert</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">**fields</span>)</span></td>
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="insert"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">insert</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">**fields</span>)</span></td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table.insert">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="validate_and_insert"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">validate_and_insert</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">**fields</span>)</span></td>
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="update_or_insert"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">update_or_insert</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">key</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">&lt;function &lt;lambda&gt; at 0xd1ec80&gt;</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">**values</span>)</span></td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table.update_or_insert">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="bulk_insert"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">bulk_insert</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">items</span>)</span><br />
      here items is a list of dictionaries</td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table.bulk_insert">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_truncate"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_truncate</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">mode</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">1</span>)</span></td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table._truncate">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="truncate"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">truncate</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">mode</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">1</span>)</span></td>
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            <span class="codelink"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal-pysrc.html#Table.truncate">source&nbsp;code</a></span>
            
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          <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="web2py.gluon.dal.Table-class.html#import_from_csv_file" class="summary-sig-name">import_from_csv_file</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">csvfile</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">id_map</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">1</span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">null</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">&lt;NULL&gt;</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">unique</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default"><code class="variable-quote">'</code><code class="variable-string">uuid</code><code class="variable-quote">'</code></span>,
        <span class="summary-sig-arg">*args</span>,
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  import records from csv file. Column headers must have same names as 
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