Vineet if you still have your issue with ajaxsource with Datatables you should read this Thread :
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/a3cfb94dbbfe68c6/c715a7763ed2f24c?lnk=gst&q=%5Bweb2py%5D+call+web2py+in+view+from+a+jQuery+script#c715a7763ed2f24c I would appreciate if you get Datatables to work with JSON, if you report here... I am waiting for a solution since a lot of time, but I didn't have time to work on this issue... Cheer <http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/a3cfb94dbbfe68c6/c715a7763ed2f24c?lnk=gst&q=%5Bweb2py%5D+call+web2py+in+view+from+a+jQuery+script#c715a7763ed2f24c> Richard On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Vineet <vineet.deod...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to do some customisation in dal.py. > Want to use MySQLdb instead of PyMySQL. > Reason behind it:-- I am going to use a 3rd party lib known as > 'bizobj', which uses MySQLdb. > I can change the code to -- > ----- > import MySQLdb > drivers.append('MySQL') > etc. > --- > > Pl. tell me whether the below-mentioned procedure will be correct : > > 1) download the source > 2) change the dal.py > 3) compile it to .pyc file > 4) overwrite the existing dal.pyc with the modified file > > Also pl. indicate whether it may break any login in web2py. > > Thanks.