On Friday, January 29, 2016 at 2:11:38 AM UTC-8, Niphlod wrote:
>
> web2py doesn't do database introspection.
> it basically works like this.
>
> whooo, someone defined a table in the model..... are migrations turned on
> ?
> if yes
> is there a corresponding .table file ?
> if yes
> inspect the file and see if it matches table definition
> if matches table definition ?
> don't do anything
> if not mathes table definition alter the table accordingly
> if not
> go ahead and create the table
> if not
> don't do anything
>
> so..... migrations turned on, tables created on the database.... you drop
> .table files --> web2py assumes it has to recreate those.
> to fix the issue, set fake_migrate_all, which instructs web2py to do
> nothing on the backend and just recreate .table files.
> then set fake_migrate_all=False and continue to play with the database.
> once in production with no further playing with models, just set
> migrate=False.
>
>
>
I've put a star on this one for my own use, as I think it's the best
explanation I've seen yet.
/dps
> On Friday, January 29, 2016 at 9:27:57 AM UTC+1, Tom Campbell wrote:
>>
>> App is on pythonanywhere, using Postgres. Connect string is:
>>
>> db = DAL('postgres://
>> web2pydbadmin:[email protected]:10096/mydatabase
>> ')
>>
>> Existing topics like
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/web2py/p740UJkR3Ao do not seem
>> to have helpful info.
>>
>> I admit I lost my temper and deleted everything in /databases out of
>> range and frustration (and the same error appears). I figured web2py would
>> just rebuild tables if necessary.
>>
>> I seem to be an absolutely shit database administrator (gave up on GAE
>> altogether) and would be happy to hire someone who has experienced this
>> problem using postgresql on pythonanywhere.
>>
>
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