what if this column in the pre-existing table is called 'user_id' or 'item_id'?
On Oct 21, 12:15 pm, "Yarko T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One more thing: each table in your existing database schema must have a > unique, auto-incrementing field called "id". If your database does not > follow this form, you will need to alter it to add such a field. > > This is one constraint that web2py imposes. > > Also, my previous response should have used the keyword 'False, i.e. > "....db.table(......, migrate=False)" > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Yarko T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can define a table with "migrate=false" parameter; > > > For xxxx.define_table(), you only need to define those things that your > > web2py applicaiton need to know about - basically, you're defining the > > interface to the database that you want to have. Turning off migrations > > keeps from generating the SQL code to update the table schema. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Yarko > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > > >> Can web2py's DAL be used without migrations? If I have a pre-existing > >> database schema, is there a way around using db.define_table? I've > >> done this with rails by just using empty models. > > >> Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
