Before you do: db(my_super_awesome_cleaning_query).delete()
you can do: db.yourtable.youruploadfield.autodelete=True You can also set autodelete=True in Field(...,autodelete=True). It does exactly what you asked. Massimo On Dec 21, 10:57 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > If I am deleting an upload field from my database, how do I also seamlessly > remove its corresponding file? > > Currently I have a query as such. Would I need to perform a select query > first, looping through the filenames and using os.unlink to delete these > files, and then remove the record from the database? > > db(my_super_awesome_cleaning_query).delete() > > -Thadeus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@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.
