thanks Bruno, seems like a good starting point.
cheers, Stef On 30-10-2010 12:06, rochacbruno wrote: > Look this simple example: > > http://bitbucket.org/rochacbruno/dal_on_flask/src/tip/dalFlask.py > > > I have a PyGTK app running very well, I will put the code online soon. > > > > Em 30/10/2010, às 06:33, Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com > <mailto:stef.mien...@gmail.com>> > escreveu: > >> Interesting ... >> as I want to migrate to web2py >> and want to have some kind of DAL for my desktop applications, >> this sounds very good. >> >> Can you give me some guide lines, how to use the web2py DAL for desktop >> applications ? >> >> thanks, >> Stef Mientki >> >> >> On 19-10-2010 05:44, Bruno Rocha wrote: >>> I know DAL was not made for that, but I'm using the DAL in a desktop >>> application with PyGTK, and >>> it is working very well :-) >>> >>> It is a simple application that monitors the presence of employees in a >>> company and reads small >>> CSV files from a time clock, >>> people has cards that open the gates/doors of the company factory, I use a >>> stream to read the >>> track from serial port of time clock, >>> then, I take the information serialized as CSV, I parse and write it into >>> SQLite db, after that >>> , the Janitor uses a PyGTK app to access that information. >>> >>> already been running for about 6 months, So far everything is working fine, >>> but I can not run >>> the automatic migrations. >>> >>> Does anyone know a way to make migration work automatically with DAL Stand >>> Alone? >>> >>> I'm importing sql.py I'm connecting with SQLite, setting tables, accessing >>> and doing out any >>> crud operation. >>> >>> The only thing missing is to make migration works. >>> >>> I already set migrate='Mytable.table' and I tried with migrate=True >>> >>> ---- >>> An example of what I have working in my >>> >>> "connect.py" >>> >>> from gluon.sql import * >>> >>> db = DAL('sqlite://timeclock1.db') >>> >>> Track = >>> db.define_table('track',Field('regnumber','integer'),Field('action','integer'),Field('timestamp','datetime'),migrate='track.table') >>> >>> "Form_workflow.py" >>> >>> Track.insert(regnumber=123,action=2,timestamp='2010-10-19') >>> 1 >>> >>> Track.insert(regnumber=124,action=2,timestamp='2010-10-19') >>> 2 >>> >>> db.commit >>> >>> Until here, its ok. >>> >>> But now I am wanting to change the model, and including Field('department') >>> >>> "connect.py" >>> >>> Track = >>> db.define_table('track',Field('regnumber','integer'),Field('action','integer'),Field('timestamp','datetime'),*Field('department')*,migrate='track.table') >>> >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >>> File "/bin/DAL/gluon/sql.py", line 1346, in define_table >>> raise SyntaxError, 'invalid table name: %s' % tablename >>> SyntaxError: invalid table name: track >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> If this is not possible, I'll have to create new fields in SQLite and then >>> update my model. >>
