What kind of features are you looking to get from web2py? To me it sounds like Twisted might be a better solution for you.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:27 AM, tiadobatima <gbara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to understand what validate_and_insert() > and validate_and_update() are doing to see if I can use it reliably. > I'm writing an API, and I have no need for form validation. So after > spending sometime reading the DAL code, I still have a few questions: > > - When I insert a record that already exists (unique field), > validate_and_insert() is smart enough to tell me that the record already > exist, but I can't figure out how? I can't find out which "select" > statement it's doing. > - If the validation is per-field, and the table has 5 "unique" fields, > will DAL make 5 selects before inserting? > - Is it possible to get more than one error in return dict from > validate_and_insert() ret.errors? > - What people are using for DAL/DB layer validations on rest APIs? From my > google searches, it looks like not a lot of people are using > validate_and_insert(). > > Thanks! :) > > -- > > > > --
