Looks like you are not running the latest version of web2py . -- Thadeus
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Eldr3D <phyo.arkarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all > > i just back to web2py a few weeks ago and i am still learning all the > new changes reading online official web2py book. > > currently i am using web2py DALs in a non web-application , so to > parse and import data from text files into database (to update > records). > > > here is the example of what i am doing : > > from gluon.sql import DAL,SQLTable,SQLField,Field > import os,time > import glob > db = DAL('mysql://r...@localhost/cds') > i=0 > db.define_table('cdsdata', > Field('docID','string'), > Field('grpID','string'), > Field('author','string'), > Field('subject','string'), > Field('sentto','string'), > Field('cc','string'), > Field('bcc','string'), > Field('sentDate','string'), > Field('type','string'), > Field('extracted','text'),migrate=False) > > > rows=db(db.cdsdata.id>0).select('extracted') > > for row in rows: > row.update(extracted=open("./exp/" + row.values()[0].values()[0] > [-13:-1],'r').read()) > i+=1 > if i==1000: > time.sleep(0.5) > print "Updated Records : " + total > i=0 > total+=1000 > > db.commit() > db.update() > > > well it tries to update the rows but , they are not actually updated > inside the database.. > > also , is row.update_record() method is never existed? coz i cant call > that function anymore.. > > but what weird is when i try to do : > > db(db.cdsdata.id==1).update(extracted=" This is updated > text!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!") > > it works flawlessly! > > So row.update is dosen't really work ? > and row.update_record() never exist? > : > > > In [15]: row.update_record() > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > KeyError Traceback (most recent call > last) > > /home/v3ss/db_importer/<ipython console> in <module>() > > /home/v3ss/db_importer/gluon/sql.pyc in __getattr__(self, key) > 662 > 663 def __getattr__(self, key): > --> 664 return dict.__getitem__(self,key) > 665 > 666 def __setattr__(self, key, value): > > KeyError: 'update_record' > > >