I'm going for the module approach, I find that easier to organize. Actually I did define some tables like you suggested but I thought maybe his way was a more pythonic or proper one.
Thanks for your answer. On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:49:28 PM UTC+1, Anthony wrote: > > Looks like you would define those methods in your model classes (when > needed). I would say this whole approach is overly complex, though. If you > want to avoid the overhead of defining models, first simply set > lazy_tables=True > <http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#Lazy-Tables>. > > If that's not enough, then try conditional models > <http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Conditional-models>. > Finally, if you would like to move model definitions to modules, you can do > so by simply wrapping standard web2py db.define_table calls inside a > function rather than using the complex class-inheritance-based approach > shown in this slice. > > Anthony > > On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 10:01:09 AM UTC-5, Lars wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Could someone please explain to me how to use hooks in that code ? I >> can't find where the set_ functions are defined : so I guess I have to >> write them but where ? And what are they different from the define_ ones ? >> >> >> http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1479/model-less-apps-using-data-models-and-modules-in-web2py >> >> Thank you >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.

