fabfile ATM is a show-off, and we can't put in there code related to an app
which doesn't exist :P
We can't pin each and every thread a "useful" information is written, as I
really don't see how 40 pinned threads will contribute to web2py's
knowledge for - and especially - newbies.
IMHO at most it should land on the book (deployment chapter), which
everyone is highly encouraged to contribute, and doesn't need any
python-web2py superpower to do so.
On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 9:54:26 PM UTC+2, Richard wrote:
>
> To be added to the fabfile.py of web2py maybe?!
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Richard Vézina <ml.richa...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Don't have privileges, but this is a good thread and should be marked as
>> informative somehow...
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Dave S <snide...@gmail.com <javascript:>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 6:58:43 AM UTC-7, Richard wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Seems alright do you have issue with this? I would put a blank line
>>>> between model definition and the "if isempty()".
>>>>
>>>> I production, once the system get initialize you should remove those
>>>> populating fixture to save execution time as the get execute at each
>>>> request.
>>>>
>>>> What could wizely do is put all the populating fixtures in a models
>>>> file or controller file function that you delete or comment out once you
>>>> populate you empty new database instance. Putting it in a function
>>>> controller file wouldn't requires you to delete them as you will never
>>>> call
>>>> this controller file later on and if can by mistake it will not do
>>>> anything. But depend of the size fo the populated data set the call of a
>>>> function could lead to a time out from the web server which prevent
>>>> completion of populating data. So you have to evaluate if it has chance or
>>>> not to complete properly. You can split the populating process into a
>>>> couple of function call so yo don't reach time out.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Or give the function a dummy argument
>>> def func(dummy=True):
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> and then invoke it with -S from the command line. This parallels
>>> Niphlod's advice for setting up the initial copy of a recurring task. (The
>>> dummy arg keeps the function from being exposed as a URL.)
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>> /dps
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Ben Lawrence <benla...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At the moment to pre-populate a database, I place this in the db.py
>>>>> model file:
>>>>>
>>>>> db.define_table('color',
>>>>> Field('name','string'),
>>>>> Field('code','string'),
>>>>> format='%(name)s')
>>>>> if db(db.color).isempty():
>>>>> # create instance of table
>>>>> for k,v in
>>>>> dict(lime="#00FF00",red="#FF0000",black="#000000",orange="#FFA500",\
>>>>> blue="#0000FF", yellow="#FFFF00", fuchsia="#FF00FF",
>>>>> aqua="#00FFFF",\
>>>>> maroon="#800000", green="#008000", navy="#000080",
>>>>> olive="#808000",\
>>>>> purple="#800080", teal="#008080", gray="#808080",
>>>>> silver="#C0C0C0").items():
>>>>> db.color.insert(name=k,code=v)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if this is the best way to pre-populate a database?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
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