I was able to successfully added a field, filled with content and also
renamed a field (add a filed, copy and then delete). If it would be of some
use for others, here is how I did:
Ref the below stackflow thread. Alex offers a simple solution.
yes, i import the GAE libraries into a web2py controller and run my
migrations as web2py controllers (so i can use a mix of DAL and GAE). your
method below is also valid.
adding columns is a no-op. just add them in the model and viola.
keep in mind that if there is no data in the columns for existing records
they will not be returned in queries that filter on those columns.
to rename the column (and pretty similarly to add data to a new column):
- create a
Thank you for your reply. Is there a way to run gae specific code (with gae
objects) within web2py? or should this be executed only within gae
environment (may be I need to modify app.yaml too then?)
Thank you in advance,
Joseph
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