I highly recommend just doing this: python web2py.py -S myapp -M -N
in a regular shell, and skip the web-based shell. You can even do myapp/mycontroller to have a specific controller executed in the context of the shell so you can access all of its functions. Anthony On Saturday, March 17, 2012 5:47:31 PM UTC-4, Stefan Scholl wrote: > > Stefan Scholl <ste...@no-spoon.de> wrote: > > Overall conclusion: Queries in the web2py web shell work on Mac, > > with some minor glitch. But different symptoms than the ones on > > Windows. Have to check again on Windows. > > I can't test it this weekend. Windows is for work days. But ... > > > ... ACTUALLY: I think when I tried a query in the shell because > of a problem with my app at work, I gave up early. A few days > later I tried to give a clean test case with a fresh install and > the example app. > > Then this happened: The database administration only knows of the > db.py in the subdirectory. But the shell only of the main db.py. > And now we have two things that aren't related: not knowing the > table and not giving any output. > > *sigh* > > >