I am sure you can do it all with Python but I think you should put
your dictionaries into underscored files and construct databases in
non-underscored.
If I uderstood you correctly you want to store a lot of meta-data with
your fields/tables definitions. Incidentally I did the same in order
to 'DRY' - I have one place where define all of my data requirements:
- data fields for database
- data fields for CSV file import
- flags that field is to be visible in user interface
- pre-processing function calls to be invoked during data import
before data is recorded to DB
- etc.
I simply added a class to my underscored file:
class AdvantageField(SQLField):
def __init__(self, *args, **keys):
def adv_key_parser(key_name, default_value):
if keys.has_key(key_name):
r = keys[key_name]
del keys[key_name]
else:
r = default_value
return r
#the following setters clean out my properties from
AdvantageField's
#so that I can safely init SQLField:
self.adv_display = adv_key_parser('adv_display', False)
#display field value in data_storage view?
self.adv_input = adv_key_parser('adv_input', False)
#field must be read from input file?
self.adv_accumulate = adv_key_parser('adv_accumulate', False)
#fields will be added together and stored to accumulator
#.... etc.
#now I init my SQLField
#args[0].m is a trick that allows me to not repeat myself with
translations
#I pass field name to AdvantageField as T('field name')
#this makes static inclusion of a string to be translated, and
therefore it appears in translations GUI
SQLField.__init__(self, args[0].m, *args[1:], **keys)
then I can create my data table with meta definitions:
header_fields = (
AdvantageField(T('UID'), 'string', adv_input=True,
adv_display=True),
AdvantageField(T('NAME'), 'string', length=255, adv_input=True,
adv_display=True,
adv_translit="NAME_F_TRANSLIT NAME_I_TRANSLIT
NAME_O_TRANSLIT"),
AdvantageField(T('DEBT'), 'double', adv_input=True,
adv_accumulate='TOTAL_DEBT', adv_display=True),
....
then I can define database table:
db.define_table('headers',
*header_fields
)
but still can access my meta-data in controllers and other code:
fields_to_display = [f.name for f in header_fields if f.adv_display]
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