I am using the following model for test the cron : db.define_table(('emp'), Field('name')) and in crontab file inside the welcome app i am using the :
*/1 * * * * root *applications/welcome/modules/background_updater.py and makes the file inside the modules folder background_updater.py and used the code : db.emp.insert(name = 'Alex') this code is inserting the Alex in the table emp within 1 minutes interval this code is working in the version of web2py 1.99.4 perfectly but when i try this same code in the version 1.99.7 i got the following error :- RuntimeError: Failure to connect, tried 5 times: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 5955, in __init__ self._adapter = ADAPTERS[self._dbname](*args) File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1732, in __init__ self.pool_connection(connect) File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 465, in pool_connection self.connection = f() File "/home/tls-sanjeet/Desktop/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1731, in connect return self.driver.Connection(dbpath, **driver_args) OperationalError: unable to open database file