From c4ce28e2396b86cda77ee4dc05eb3de078c493a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helmut Merz <helmutm@cy55.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:10:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add utility property and function for accessing data table
 data as records/rows

---
 README.txt | 6 ++++++
 table.py   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 6ec6fc2..bbffa03 100755
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -913,6 +913,12 @@ relates ISO country codes with the full name of the country.
   >>> sorted(adapted(concepts['countries']).data.items())
   [('at', ['Austria']), ('de', ['Germany'])]
 
+  >>> countries.dataAsRecords
+  [{'value': 'Austria', 'key': 'at'}, {'value': 'Germany', 'key': 'de'}]
+
+  >>> countries.getRowsByValue('value', 'Germany')
+  [{'value': 'Germany', 'key': 'de'}]
+
 
 Caching
 =======
diff --git a/table.py b/table.py
index d09c194..fcece94 100644
--- a/table.py
+++ b/table.py
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class DataTable(AdapterBase):
             result.append(item)
         return result
 
+    def getRowsByValue(self, column, value):
+        return [r for r in self.dataAsRecords if r[column] == value]
+
 
 TypeInterfaceSourceList.typeInterfaces += (IDataTable,)