I apologise for not reading the book properly. I have waisted many hours by trying all sort of other stuff and in the end I could do just this:
import os path = "/home/js/web2py/applications/uploads" # insert the path to the directory of interest here dirList = os.listdir(path) for fname in dirList: fn = path + fname stream = open(fn,'rb') db.wbdocuments.insert(image=db.wbdocuments.name.store(stream,fn)) db.commit() Thanks however to all the people trying to help me. And I have learnt about interesting tools what might be handy in other situations. Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)