Scheduler in GAE is not allowed. I'd go for their cron or their task queue... https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron?hl=it&csw=1 https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/?hl=it&csw=1#Using_Task_Queues_in_Python There's also a presentation that explains a little bit what they are http://dl.google.com/io/2009/pres/Th_1045_Offline_Processing_On_App_Engine_A_Look_Ahead.pdf
On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:54:10 PM UTC+2, jjg0 wrote: > > nothing? > > On Monday, August 19, 2013 7:49:03 AM UTC-4, jjg0 wrote: >> >> I was referring to google app engine... >> The book hasn't been very helpful >> >> On Friday, August 16, 2013 6:05:41 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> It all depends on how you run web2py. If you run it with web2py.py thank >>> you can pass a command line option to enable cron and then you need a >>> applications/app/cron/crontab file. if you run web2py with apache or other >>> server via fcgi or wsgi, than you should use the scheduler instead. This is >>> described in some detail in the book. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 16 August 2013 11:59:27 UTC-5, jjg0 wrote: >>>> >>>> I asked this in another topic but did not get any answers:( >>>> >>>> I have a table I want to update on a weekly basis and I'm trying to >>>> find a way to have this run automatically. I've looked around and it >>>> seems >>>> like I can use cron for this. I am using google app engine and their docs >>>> on cron are different than whats in the web2py book. After reading both I >>>> am still lost as to what I need to do. >>>> >>>> Should I create a cron.yaml file in the web2py folder, or do I need to >>>> use a crontab file in the applications \cron\crontab folder? >>>> Is a crontab something completely different? >>>> How do I turn cron on for gae? The book says cron is off and it wants >>>> to use some experimental schedulers instead. >>>> Are there any good examples or tutorials on how to do this? I see a >>>> contrab.example file comes with web2py, but it is empty. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>> -- --- 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.
