In order to do
from gluon import DAL
from an external program, I would need to add gluon to my Python path,
correct? What directory does gluon live in?
Matt
On May 25, 7:43 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> now you can do, from ANY python program
>
> from gluon import DAL
> db=DAL('sqlite://storage.sqlite',folder='applications/app/
> databases',auto_import=True)
> print db.tables
>
> auto_import = True will rebuild all tables WITHOUT executing the
> modules. Tables will have the right names, field names and field types
> but will not have the right attributes (default, widget, readable,
> writable, etc...) because they make no sense without an HTTP request.
> This is only thought to allow a script to perform inserts and selects.
>
> CAVEAT: this requires you run the app at least once using the new
> trunk code since requires the new metadata format. By running the app
> the *.table files are automatically converted to the new format.
>
> Give it a try. Let me know if you have ideas for improvements.
>
> Massimo
>
> P.S. More stuff coming soon. ;-)
