I think at this time your best option is to create a view of the table in question in a database server, and remap the primary key in that way.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Don<[email protected]> wrote: > > I need to access a database that was not created by me. I have read- > only access so, when I define the layout, web2py cannot create an "id" > field. is there some way for me to access this database, perhaps > somehow alias their primary key to id? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

