This is just the way Python works - code inside a module is only
executed when that module is imported. If you don't import
myapp.models.notes, then the class definitions never get executed.
One solution is to import all the sub-modules in your bootstrap.py
before calling create_all. Another is
Something else must be importing those modules when run from pylons. If you
really want to know how they are getting imported, stick something in the
module which will raise an exception when it is imported (eg type blah blah
blah at the top of the module) and look at the traceback.
Cheers,
