Can you please try again the windows binary and let me know if the problem persists.
On Thursday, 30 August 2012 21:13:18 UTC-5, Andrew wrote: > > Well, perhaps not. > The Download page says 2.0.3, but when I start it says 2.0.2. in the app > ? Perhaps the windoes exe has not been updated. > > > On Friday, August 31, 2012 2:09:29 PM UTC+12, Andrew wrote: >> >> The Issue is still there in 2.0.3 >> >> On Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:40:07 PM UTC+12, Sridhar wrote: >>> >>> Hi Team, >>> >>> Thanks a ton for the new features and improvements! >>> >>> I'm just getting started and was trying to run web2py.exe on Windows 7 >>> after downloading it from >>> http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_win.zip (2.0.2 stable). >>> >>> However, ran into this error: >>> >>> ****************************** >>> D:\web2py>web2py -S welcome >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "web2py.py", line 16, in <module> >>> File "gluon/__init__.py", line 15, in <module> >>> File "gluon/globals.py", line 24, in <module> >>> File "gluon/serializers.py", line 11, in <module> >>> File "gluon/languages.py", line 264, in <module> >>> File "gluon/languages.py", line 250, in read_possible_plurals >>> WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: >>> 'D:\\web2py\\gluon\\contrib\\rules/*.*' >>> ****************************** >>> >>> Then, realized there was no folder called "gluon" in the extracted >>> folder. I downloaded the source from >>> http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_src.zip and copied the >>> "gluon" folder from this source code to the previous web2py folder. >>> >>> This solved the error and was able to web2py GUI. Hope this helps. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sridhar >>> >>> On Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:11:34 AM UTC+5:30, Massimo Di Pierro >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> After 5 months. It is done. This is the most waited and the most >>>> feature-packed release. >>>> >>>> I am sure we'll find some corners that need to be ironed but it is >>>> considerably better than 1.99.7. It adds lot of new features and improves >>>> many existing ones: >>>> >>>> - 57,000 new lines of code and closed 279 issues since 1.99.7. >>>> - Retrieving data from DB should be faster, in particular >>>> select(cacheable=True) >>>> - Has a new scheduler, a built-in wiki, new language and pluralization >>>> system, better markmin with oembed support and better scaffolding app, >>>> increased security. >>>> - Lots of experimental features including GIS support, mongodb support, >>>> built-in auth.wiki(), and more. >>>> >>>> Should be 100% backward compatible. If you run into any issue let us >>>> know ASAP. >>>> >>>> I personally want to thank the major contributors to this release (in >>>> alphabetic order) >>>> Alan, Andrew, Anthony, Bruno, Christian, Dave, Dominic, Iceberg, >>>> Jonathan, Marc, Mariano, Marin, Martin, Mark, Michael, Michele, Niphlod, >>>> Patrick, Vladyslav, >>>> They spend many nights testing, coding, debugging at a very fast pace. >>>> >>>> Many many people have contributed. >>>> >>>> If your contribution has not been properly acknowledged please let us >>>> know ASAP. It is probably an oversight. >>>> >>>> >>>> Massimo >>>> >>>> >>>> Detailed changelog >>>> =============== >>>> >>>> ## 2.00.2 >>>> >>>> ### DAL Improvements >>>> >>>> - Support for DAL(lazy_tables=True) and >>>> db.define_table(on_define=lambda table:), thanks Jonathan >>>> - db(...).select(cacheable=True) make select 30% faster >>>> - db(...).select(cache=(cache.ram,3600)) now caches parsed data 100x >>>> faster >>>> - db(...).count(cache=(cache.ram,3600)) now supported >>>> - MongoDB support in DAL (experimental), thanks Mark Breedveld >>>> - geodal and spatialite, thanks Denes and Fran (experimental) >>>> - db.mytable._before_insert, _after_insert, _before_update, >>>> _after_update, _before_delete. _after_delete (list of callbacks) >>>> - db(...).update_naive(...) same as update but ignores >>>> table._before_update and table._after_update >>>> - DAL BIGINT support and DAL(...,bigint_id=True) >>>> - IS_IN_DB(..., distinct=True) >>>> - new syntax: db.mytable.insert(myuploadfield=open(....)), thank you >>>> Iceberg >>>> - db(...).select(db.mytable.myfield.count(distinct=True)) >>>> - db(db.a)._update(name=db(db.b.a==db.a.id).nested_select(db.b.id)) >>>> - db.mytable.myfield.filter_in, filter_out >>>> - db.mytable._enable_record_versioning(db) adds versioning to this table >>>> - teradata adapter, thanks Andrew Willimott >>>> - experimental Sybase Adapter >>>> - added db.table.field.avg() >>>> - Support for Google App Engine projections, thanks Christian >>>> - Field(... 'upload', default=path) now accepts a path to a local file >>>> as default value, if user does not upload a file. Relative path looks >>>> inside current application folder, thanks Marin >>>> - executesql(...,fields=,columns=) allows parsing of results in Rows, >>>> thanks Anthony >>>> >>>> ### Auth improvements >>>> >>>> - auth.enable_record_versioning(db) adds full versioning to all tables >>>> - @auth.requires_login(otherwise=URL(...)) >>>> - auth supports salt and compatible with third party data, thanks Dave >>>> Stoll >>>> - CRYPT now defaults to pbkdf2(1000,20,sha1) >>>> - Built-in wiki with menu, tags, search, media, permissions. def index: >>>> return auth.wiki() >>>> - auth.settings.everybody_group_id >>>> - allow storage of uploads on any PyFileSystem (including amazon) >>>> >>>> ### Form improvements >>>> >>>> - FORM.confirm('Are you sure?',{'Back':URL(...)}) >>>> - SQLFORM.smartdictform(dict) >>>> - form.add_button(value,link) >>>> - SQLFORM.grid(groupby='...') >>>> - fixed security issue with SQLFORM.grid and SQLFORM.smartgrid >>>> - more export options in SQLFORM.grid and SQLFORM.smartgrid (html, xml, >>>> csv, ...) >>>> >>>> ### Admin improvements >>>> >>>> - new admin pages: manage_students, bulk_regsiter, and progress reports >>>> - increased security in admin against CSRF >>>> - experimental Git integration >>>> - experimental OpenShift deployment >>>> - multi-language pluralization engine >>>> - ace text web editor in admin >>>> - Ukrainian translations, thanks Vladyslav Kozlovskyy >>>> - Romanian translation for welcome, thanks ionel >>>> - support for mercurial 2.6, thanks Vlad >>>> >>>> ### Scheduler Improvements (thanks to niphlod, ykessler, dhx, toomim) >>>> >>>> - web2py.py -K myapp -X starts the myapp scheduler alongside the >>>> webserver >>>> - tasks are marked EXPIRED (if stop_time passed) >>>> - functions with no result don't end up in scheduler_run >>>> - more options: web2py.py -E -b -L >>>> - scheduler can now handle 10k tasks with 20 concurrent workers and >>>> with no issues >>>> - new params: >>>> tasks can be found in the environment (no need to define the tasks >>>> parameter) >>>> max_empty_runs kills the workers automatically if no new tasks are >>>> found in queue (nice for "spikes" of processing power) >>>> discard_results to completely discard the results (if you don't >>>> need the output of the task) >>>> utc_time enables datetime calculations with UTC time >>>> - scheduler_task changes: >>>> task_name is no longer required (filled automatically with >>>> function_name if found empty) >>>> uuid makes easy to coordinate scheduler_task maintenance (filled >>>> automatically if not provided) >>>> stop_time has no default (previously was today+1) >>>> retry_failed to requeue automatically failed tasks >>>> sync_output refreshes automatically the output (nice to report >>>> percentages) >>>> - workers can be: >>>> DISABLED (put to sleep and do nothing if not sending the heartbeat >>>> every 30 seconds) >>>> TERMINATE (complete the current task and then die) >>>> KILL (kill ASAP) >>>> >>>> ### Other Improvements >>>> >>>> - gluon/contrib/webclient.py makes it easy to create functional tests >>>> for app >>>> - DIV(..).elements(...replace=...), thanks Anthony >>>> - new layout based on Twitter Bootstrap >>>> - New generic views: generic.ics (Mac Mail Calendar) and generic.map >>>> (Google Maps) >>>> - request.args(0,default=0, cast=int, otherwise=URL(...)), thanks >>>> Anthony >>>> - redirect(...,type='auto') will be handled properly in ajax responses >>>> - routes in can redirect outside with >>>> routes_in=[('/path','303->http://..')] >>>> - better memcache support >>>> - improved spreadsheet, thanks Alan >>>> - new internationalization engine, thanks Vladyslav >>>> - pluralization engine, thanks Vladyslav >>>> - new markmin with support for nested lists, <i>, <em>, autolinks, >>>> thanks Vladyslav >>>> - new syntax: {{=BR()*5}} >>>> - gluon.cache.lazy_cache decorator allows caching functions in modules >>>> - .coffee and .less support in response.files, thanks Sam Sheftel >>>> - ldap certificate support >>>> - pg8000 postgresql driver support (experimental) >>>> - @cache('%(name)s%(args)s%(vars)s',5) and cache.autokey >>>> - added tox.ini, thanks Marc >>>> - web2py.py --run_system_tests, thanks Marc Abramowitz >>>> - html.py (and web2py helpers) can be used without web2py dependencies >>>> - new fpdf, thanks Mariano >>>> >>> --
