I cannot think of any but, if you can, do not use this, it is convoluted. Use
web2py.py -S app -M -R yourscript instead On Jan 22, 5:37 am, baloan <[email protected]> wrote: > By searching for "exec_environment limitations" I found a recent > thread pointing out to use > > import os > os.chdir('/path/to/web2py/') > from gluon.shell import env > globals().update(env('you_app_name', import_models=True)) > # now do whatever you need you can use request, db, helpers, etc. > > when accessing database models from an external script. My application > contains the web2py server and scripts run from cron (Task Scheduler) > updating the database on a regular basis. One of the next steps is to > add authentication to the web2py server. I am wondering what will > happen to the independent script accessing the database tables. Will > there be any restrictions? > > Regards, Andreas > baloand (at) gmail.com > > PS: I second the motion to update the documentation crontab section to > mention above code snippet. -- 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.

