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Inserting a new user programmatically with web2py, v2.4.6 I apologize for the re post. I have read many threads on this subject, including several from Massimo, but I am still having trouble inserting a new user record. I just upgraded web2py to 2.4.6 from version 2012/3/4 1.99.7. The insert was working before the upgrade. When I execute the following code I receive the traceback below code fragment: ... password = json.loads(request.vars.password).decode('unicode-escape') password = str(db.auth_user.password.validate(password)[0]) ... db.auth_user.insert(first_name=first_name, last_name=last_name, email=email, password=password) ... The above code was tried with and without " **.decode('unicode-escape') " Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/foo/Desktop/dev/web2py/applications/init/controllers/default.py", line 599, in manageUsers password=str(db.auth_user.password.validate(password)[0]).decode('unicode-escape')) File "/Users/foo/Desktop/dev/web2py/gluon/validators.py", line 2760, in str hashed = simple_hash(self.password, key, salt, digest_alg) File "/Users/foo/Desktop/dev/web2py/gluon/utils.py", line 87, in simple_hash int(keylen), get_digest(alg)) File "/Users/foo/Desktop/dev/web2py/gluon/contrib/pbkdf2.py", line 55, in pbkdf2_hex return pbkdf2_bin(data, salt, iterations, keylen, hashfunc).encode('hex') File "/Users/foo/Desktop/dev/web2py/gluon/contrib/pbkdf2.py", line 65, in pbkdf2_bin mac = hmac.new(data, None, hashfunc) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hmac.py", line 133, in new return HMAC(key, msg, digestmod) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/hmac.py", line 72, in init self.outer.update(key.translate(trans_5C)) TypeError: character mapping must return integer, None or unicode Important: When I execute the following code from the web2py shell using “ python web2py.py -S init -M “, I do not get an error and the insert works as expected. email = 'first.l...@email.com' first_name='first' last_name=’last' password='flast123' # web2py database portion... db.auth_user.insert(first_name=first_name, last_name=last_name, email=email, password=str(db.auth_user.password.validate(‘mySecretPassword')[0])) Any insight is greatly appreciated!! Thanks in advance, Stan * -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.