It will create *.table files in your apps /database/ folder, but will not try to create those tables in database. In other words, it will "fake" creation of tables in db. I think :) Someone should confirm
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM, VP <vtp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > What does this do exactly? > > Can you explain? > > I've seen "fake_migrate" a few times, but unsure what it does. > > Thanks. > > > On Mar 20, 12:05 am, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ask web2py to repair it > > > > auth.define_tables(fake_migrate=True) > > > > On Mar 19, 10:16 pm, VP <vtp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I've had problems with backup/restore. These could be very serious > > > problems. So, with version 1.94.5, I simulated a backup/restore > > > scenario and found a problem. > > > > > 1. Backup up database with (psql_dump database > database.sql) > > > > > 2. Create another database (psql database2 < database.sql) > > > > > 3. Replace "database" in the connection string with "database2". > > > > > These 3 steps is to simulate a backup/restore scenario. The > > > (uncompiled) codebase remains unchanged during these 3 steps. > > > > > One would think this should work, but it doesn't; at least with my > > > app. Here's the error's trackback: > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in > > > restricted > > > exec ccode in environment > > > File "/home/username/web2py/applications/phim/models/db.py", line > > > 42, in <module> > > > auth.define_tables() # creates all > > > needed tables > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/tools.py", line 1177, in > > > define_tables > > > format='%(first_name)s %(last_name)s (%(id)s)') > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 3884, in > > > define_table > > > polymodel=polymodel) > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 581, in create_table > > > self.create_sequence_and_triggers(query,table) > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1575, in > > > create_sequence_and_triggers > > > self.execute(query) > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1137, in execute > > > return self.log_execute(*a, **b) > > > File "/home/username/web2py/gluon/dal.py", line 1134, in log_execute > > > return self.cursor.execute(*a,**b) > > > ProgrammingError: relation "auth_user" already exists > > > > > ===== > > > > > PS: btw, I'm not modifying auth in anyway. It's web2py's default. > > > > >
