Thank you very much for the detailed explanation . On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 9:55 PM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Monday, May 7, 2018 at 12:04:44 PM UTC-7, Vic Ding wrote: >> >> Dear both, many thanks! Will the *.table files have impact/effect on the >> actual db content on the target server? Or will the w2p file alter the >> database on the target server in any way? And what is the purpose of the >> included sqlite file? >> I use w2p file to patch the production server from dev server. >> >> > The *.table files aren't content, they are interface ... they describe to > web2p the layout of the tables in the database, reflecting the choice of > database engine. They provide a translation of your model files into DB > schema. > > The file storage.sqlite file is used as the database itself if you are > using sqlite3 as your database engine. > > In general, none of the files in the database subdirectory are needed in > an update of an existing application. If your model files change, it is > usually better to do a migration than to copy the table files. > > If you are doing an update, you only need to include the changed files > into your w2p file ... most often, these will be controllers, views, > models, or modules. > > /dps > > > >> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 9:01 PM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 8:00:45 PM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>> >>>> the w2p may contain a sqlite database and databases/*.table metadata >>>> files. >>>> you normally use those for install, not for updates. >>>> >>>> >>> Also, if you are *creating* the w2p file, you can choose "custom" and >>> then select the files to be included. >>> >>> /dps >>> >>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, 28 April 2018 03:49:49 UTC-5, Vic Ding wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> I am wondering if there is any impact on database transactions or >>>>> database content when deploying w2p file. Does the package only contain >>>>> code or in some way some data as well? >>>>> The database folder contains some kind of transaction logs, this >>>>> folder and all its contents will be over written by the new deployment. >>>>> What does this mean for the existing data? >>>>> Will this cause any data revert? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Vic >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> 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 a topic in the >>> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>> pic/web2py/y3E_7lv2iPc/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/web2py/y3E_7lv2iPc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
