Even easier - as I only saw now (always worthwhile to reread the book every so often)
""" (w2p book Ch 8) To start using Auth, you need at least this code in a model file, which is also provided with the web2py "welcome" application and assumes a db connection object: from gluon.tools import Auth auth = Auth(globals(), db) auth.define_tables(username=False) Set username=True if you want auth to user username for login instead of email. """ On Jan 30, 11:55 am, hcvst <hcv...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Kenneth, > > remove the 'username' field from the auth_user table. Also see Chapter > 8http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/08on custom tables. > > I think in the past w2p only used email by default. The new app wizard > appears to include it now. > > Regards, > HC > > On Jan 30, 11:13 am, Kenneth Lundström <kenneth.t.lundst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello list, > > > I have an old application build two years ago and it uses email adress > > as the username, so you don t need a different username. > > > Now I d like to do the same on a new application but I don t know what > > to change to do this. > > > Any ideas? > > > Kenneth