[web2py] Re: xmlrpc backend

2011-09-26 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
Seems an interesting idea. On Sep 26, 10:47 am, Matt mbroa...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, Has anyone successfully used web2py to develop an app that does not use a database backend, but instead operates on a system using xmlrpc calls? Our current approach was to simply ignore web2py's

[web2py] Re: xmlrpc backend

2011-09-26 Thread Anthony
Others may have more specific advice regarding xmlrpc setups, but in general, you can put whatever you want in your model files, so if you are duplicating code related to processing your xmlrpc calls, you could move it to model files (or to modules and import them). You can also use

[web2py] Re: xmlrpc backend

2011-09-26 Thread Ross Peoples
It would be really cool if web2py's DAL supported an XMLRPC backend.

[web2py] Re: xmlrpc backend

2011-09-26 Thread Ross Peoples
Please forgive me if this post shows up a bunch of different times, but I'm having trouble with Google Groups not posting my replies, even though it says it did. So for the fourth time: We could add an XMLRPC adapter to the DAL that instead of making SQL calls, could build an XML version of

Re: [web2py] Re: xmlrpc backend

2011-09-26 Thread Matt Broadstone
I think I will end up just writing my own model for this (a la Anthony's suggestion), but the problem remains that model as it relates to web2py presumes SQL, and that fact limits design. While it would be possible to write an XMLRPC adapter to the DAL, that is sort of like jamming a square piece