you can use 
https://github.com/web2py/web2py/blob/master/scripts/extract_mysql_models.py 
to extract models from your existing tables or just define your tables with 
migrate=False to be able to access to those.
Also, check this section 
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06#Legacy-databases-and-keyed-tables

On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:02:30 PM UTC+1, Dennis Mackin wrote:
>
> I have an existing MySQL data with some existing tables. I'd like to use 
> gluon.dal to insert data into these tables.  How do I do it? It seem dal 
> only parses tables that it creates. I'm looking for a method names 
> something like "load_schema".
>
> I can use the _mysql module instead, but I plan to use the database with 
> web2py so I'd rather use a single database connection module. 
>
> Thank you.
>

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