I have opened 3 suggestion tickets on the tracker at http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list
Issue 701 <http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=701>: Suggestion: lightweight DAL select processing - x10 to x100 speedup with large query results Issue 702 <http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=702>: Suggestion: Add "expecting version" field for app, to allow changing defaults. Issue 703 <http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=703>: Suggestion: Add a common constructor to DAL adapters If you are interested please review and comment (there, or here) Thanks