Please don't! DAL is minimalist now but that's what positively differs
web2py from others. In return it works fast (I'd say 10x faster than
RoR) and takes no time to learn.


On Jul 8, 6:35 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think this is gone off topic. The issue is whether it should be
> possible for a table to have dynamic columns that are calculated from
> the values of other columns and are not stored in the db. Right now
> the answer is not. You would have to implement such function outside
> of the DAL. Should the DAL provide such additional abstraction layer?
>
> Massimo
>
> On Jul 8, 3:33 am, Hans Donner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Yarko Tymciurak<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Hans Donner <[email protected]> 
> > >> wrote:
>
> > >>> Hi All,
>
> > >>> yarko, are you carrying an ID? So if I want to know who you are you
> > >>> show me your ID aren't you?
>
> > >> I present those to log in;  I don't use those to say "I decide I am
> > >> authorized!"
>
> > Exactly, but you ask the user to present the token - on which you base
> > your decission.
> > in the @user.is_loggedin case, the user object can get that token from
> > the authority (and is thus acting as a proxy for auth).
>
> > In my opinion, using @auth or @user is not perse that one wins over
> > another - it depends on the philosphy and implementation behind it.
>
> > > Actually, if I'm KGB or CIA, and carry a weapon, I suppose I would say "I
> > > decide I am authorized...", I just don't think that's the model 
> > > appropriate
> > > for web authentication ;-)
>
> > That's what happens if you use a framework you don;t trust or behave
> > badly yourself...
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