On Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 11:44:41 AM UTC-7, mostwanted wrote: > > I have a folder in my desktop that contains a CSV file that backs up > information everytime something gets saved into the database. What i wanna > know is how can I instead have this folder and CSV backup file saved in the > app somewhere so that even if i relocate the application or take it online > i don't have redefine the folder path or have it missing because the path > was not defined correctly. > > Something like the change below:
> *CONTROLLER SAVING TO THE EXTERNAL CSV FILE:* > def index(): > form=SQLFORM(db.Customer) > if form.accepts(request.vars, session): > customer=db(db.Customer).select(db.Customer.ALL) > > backfile = os.path.join(request.folder, ' > Client_Bookings_Backup.csv') > customer.export_to_csv_file(open(backfile, 'wb')) > > > response.flash = T("CLIENT BOOKED") > elif form.errors: > response.flash = T("BOOKING FAILED! Please observe the form!") > return locals() > > Regards: > > Mostwanted > Good luck! Dave "somewhat wanted" /dps -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.