[web2py] Re: pydal metadata in db

2018-09-04 Thread Joe Barnhart
I'm worried about losing control over the db migration process. Using MySql it is fairly common for the migration process to go wrong, as MySql doesn't do will with adding and deleting multiple columns. I often need to drop a few tables, delete the corresponding file in 'databases' and then f

[web2py] Re: pydal metadata in db

2018-09-02 Thread Anthony
On Sunday, September 2, 2018 at 2:08:50 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > We you may know web2py has the ability to store table metadata in DB: > > from gluon.dal import InDBMigrator > db = DAL(myconf.get('db.uri'), adapter_args=dict(migrator=InDBMigrator)) > > This is better for scalability a