The admin shell has problems maintaining state. I do not consider it reliable. The terminal shell is rock solid. It is a normal pyhton shell.
On Friday, 5 April 2013 16:48:50 UTC-5, Michael Herman wrote: > > yes. so when working with DAL directly from the shell it's better to > work from the web2py shell in the terminal rather than the admin app > shell? any idea why? > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Anthony <abas...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > By "built-in" shell, do you mean the one in the admin app? I think there > are sometimes problems with that (particularly with database operations), > so I tend to use the web2py shell in the terminal, which you can start as > follows from the web2py directory: > > > > python web2py.py -S yourapp/[optional controller] -M > > > > But you may fine the admin shell works just fine for you, in which case, > use it. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > On Friday, April 5, 2013 4:57:49 PM UTC-4, Michael Herman wrote: > >> > >> i remember reading somewhere that it's better to use the built-in shell > in web2py, but i can't find the article/post. anyone know (1) if it is > "better", and, (2) if so, why? > > > > -- > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/XWMt1Pb_2wk/unsubscribe?hl=en. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.