You did not db.commit() it
On Feb 10, 2:04 pm, Bill Thayer <bill.tha...@live.com> wrote: > In summary, creating a person table from the web2py shell creates an entry > in the SQL log but does not create the table. > > I'm using the images example webapp for working the examples in Chapter > 26<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/6>. > I entered... > > >>> db.define_table('person', Field('name'), format='%(name)s %(id)s') > > ...into the shell. Then I entered...>>> print db.tables > > ...and the shell returned > ['auth_user', 'auth_group', 'auth_membership', 'auth_permission', > 'auth_event', 'auth_cas', 'image', 'comment'] > > Notice no 'person' table. Yet the sql log shows the person table has been > created. > > timestamp: 2012-02-10T12:59:39.940000 > CREATE TABLE person( > id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, > name CHAR(512) > ); > success!
