nope. comment exists only in the web2py realm (i.e. models definitions). There's no way to have a standardized syntax to store comments in the database too (and I'm not sure either every db engine has the support for it)
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:52:55 PM UTC+1, Richard wrote: > > If I remember web2py get the backend comment if there is no comment in the > model definition.. So if you want to have dual comment definition, use your > backend comment for code documentation and override them in your model > definition... > > Richard > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Alex <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to set the database column comment in web2py? I'd like to >> document my fields only once and have the comment in the code and in the db. >> >> At the moment I comment some of my fields in db.py like >> Field('status', 'integer', comment='0=error, 1=warning, 2=success') >> >> >> >> So I'm somehow misusing the comment argument for my internal >> documentation (I don't use the autogenerated forms). It would be very >> useful to have an argument like dbcomment for the Field class. >> >> Alex >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

