It depends on who starts the thread. The main problem is that the web server monitors threads and kills them when they take long. I principle a model, view controller can start its own thread but you should pass a SQLDB object to it. It needs to instantiate its own connection to the database and commit or rollback explicitly.
Massimo On Oct 8, 4:42 pm, Scott Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using the shell command-line option of web2py, one can create a daemon > with full access to the DB that the webserver has. Is it possible to > do something similar w/ a thread created within web2py? When I tried, > I got complaints that my db variable wasn't defined; then I tried to > include my model file, but got a complaint that it isn't a module. > > Thanks, > Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

