Hi, 2013/8/27 Gallien Labeyrie <labeyrie.gall...@gmail.com>
> Hello, > > Coming from a PHP background, I've recently discovered Web2Py framework > and I am amazed Its embed functionalities. > However I'm wondering If someone among the community could enlighten me : > > - What's the easiest way to debbug in web2py ? (=> what would be the > equivalent to dump variable content such as print_r() in php ?) > I tried PDB but I don't find It really convinient... > see this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2187821/what-is-the-equivalent-of-phps-print-r-in-python > - How to connect an external MySQL database ? > According to the official docs I tried the script given* > extract_mysql_models.py * > but It only gives me a one line script like with the string connection. > (It doesn't generate the model ?) > > legacy_db = DAL('mysql://password@somewebsite/dbname') > > You lost the username and check that somewebsite are the host name of your MySQL Server. legacy_db = DAL('mysql://username:password@somewebsite/dbname where: username = the name of the database user password = the password of the database somewebsite = is the host name of your server dbname = The name of your database See that the DAL is inside legacy_db, you need to change every concidence on the web2py docs of "db." to "legacy_db." http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Connection-strings > I put that line in a model file, but It doesn't seems to work. Plus I > still have to declare all the tables manually which is a bit boring ... > > - Except the official website, are there any other useful resources online > ? > Yes, you can check here: http://www.web2pyslices.com > > Thanks for the help, > > Gallien LABEYRIE > > -- > > --- > 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. > -- --- 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.
