yes, its like a federated id. but the emails are used for a different purpose (avatars which inturn use auth).. hence we need to have a uuid to unify them all... maybe the issue I am facing is too specific to my problem and but uuid (or similar global identifiers) would be interesting addition as it is becoming a necessity for most distributed systems
On Aug 4, 12:53 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > If it helps. > db.export_as_csv_file and db.import_as_csv_file can use uuid to sync > distinct databases. > > But I am not sure what you need to do. Are you looking for federated > id? > > Why not use email as uuid? > > On Aug 4, 2:30 am, vihang <vihan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am currently working on an app which is distributed between > > different nodes. The issue is that when it comes to app related dbs, I > > am managing (somehow) using a seperate UUID column. But the Auth which > > comes with web2py does not. any ideas... I want 'building my own auth' > > as a last resort. > > > Vihang --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
