crud.select(fields=[..]), fields can now be string, issue 901

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-24 06:53:03) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-07-24 21:11:30) dev

gluon/sqlhtml.py

@@ -1241,7 +1241,8 @@ class SQLFORM(FORM):
                     ### do not know why this happens, it should not
                     (source_file, original_filename) = \
                         (cStringIO.StringIO(f), 'file.txt')
-                newfilename = field.store(source_file, original_filename, field.uploadfolder)
+                newfilename = field.store(source_file, original_filename, 
+                                          field.uploadfolder)
                 # this line is for backward compatibility only
                 self.vars['%s_newfilename' % fieldname] = newfilename
                 fields[fieldname] = newfilename

gluon/tools.py

@@ -3397,6 +3397,8 @@ class Crud(object):
             query = table.id > 0
         if not fields:
             fields = [field for field in table if field.readable]
+        else:
+            fields = [table[f] if isinstance(f,str) else f for f in fields]
         rows = self.db(query).select(*fields,**dict(orderby=orderby,
                                                     limitby=limitby))
         return rows