May I know if it can be done using Modules (constants.py) instead, and what would be the difference (performance / best practice etc) ?
Thanks Massimo. Learning along the way. On Friday, August 10, 2012 9:57:59 PM UTC+8, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > When you do > > python web2py.py -S yourapp -M -N -R yourscript.py > > -M will import your models and run yourscript.py as if it were a > controller. > yourscript.py must read the data from where it is (a file?), loop over it, > and do db.table.insert(...) > For example > > for name in ['a','b','c']: > db.person.insert(name=name) > db.commit() > > > > On Thursday, 9 August 2012 22:47:51 UTC-5, mrtn wrote: >> >> >> If they must be in the database, use a script to import them and run it >>> once >>> python web2py.py -S yourapp -M -N -R yourscript.py >> >> >> Yes, the data must be in the db. By 'import them' in the script, do you >> mean import the database abstraction layer stuff by web2py, and use it to >> insert the data? Thanks! >> > --
