What I want is not to clone a db or model but to be able to manage one DB from other app. I am trying to do a modified version of the admin app where you just have to chose an option to a target app and it will plug into it working as a backoffice for managers/administrators of that app.
if I use the same DAL string I will get the same DB, but will I get the model too? I've been trying it but I get no databases/tables listing in my app :/ Thank you On May 30, 10:07 pm, mart <msenecal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried Massimo's new script? > > I've been unexpectedly busy in the last few days, but I hope to have > time to complete wrapping that script in argparse this evening (or > tomorrow) which will have just a few more options that I have found > useful (ie. truncate, delete db, copy model, etc.). With or without > argparse, its pretty sweet! > > from his posting (May 23) > > " > title: script to clone a database > > http://code.google.com/p/web2py/source/browse/scripts/cpdb.py > Usage: > python web2py.py -S app -M -N -R scripts/cpdb.py -A 'sqlite:// > other_db.sqlite' > It will copy all data from current db to other_db (sqlite or > not) > The -A argument can be any URI string for > example > 'mysql://username:password@localhost/ > dbname' > " > > hope it helps! > > Mart :) > > On May 30, 2:33 pm, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I don't understand the question. Do you want to share the same DB from two > > different apps? > > > I suppose you could copy the models and then set your DB connection strings > > to point to the same DB. In one app set migrate=False. You might even be > > able to symbolically link the models from one app to the other. > > > The DAL can work standalone so you could put it in a module, Web2py's > > site_packages or anywhere in your Python path. > > > If you use it outside it's normal location, include "from gluon.dal import > > *" at the top of your files and then you should be able to do all the same > > things (db = DAL(..., db.define_table(...). > > > You mentioned exporting which is quite > > different.http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06?search=Exporting-and-Import... > > > Might need to understand more completely what you are trying to do.
