uhm, somewhere there is probably a form = SQLFORM.smartgrid(db.yourtable,onupdate=auth.archive).
PS: removing a table from the models has the only effect to never be able to access the table on the db by DAL: to delete the table you should delete it right on the database (not from the web2py interface.) On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:18:46 PM UTC+1, pumplerod wrote: > > I went through the admin interface and deleted from there. Then I went > into my models/*.py files and made sure no _Archive tables were being > created. > When I go back through the admin interface I no longer see the _Auth > tables. > > On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 11:59:03 AM UTC-8, Niphlod wrote: >> >> seems that web2py is trying to create those tables: how exactly did you >> "delete" them ? >> >> On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:18:57 PM UTC+1, pumplerod wrote: >>> >>> I thought by deleting the _archive tables I would no longer be using >>> it. However now when I try and submit a change to the db I get this error: >>> >>> table myTable_archive already exists >>> >>> >>> I'm just trying to learn this system and I don't feel I really need to >>> archive things just yet. getting rid of those tables just made things a >>> lot cleaner for me but now I seem stuck. >>> >>> >>> --