Recently (05/19/10) the task queues execute during development: "Auto task execution is now enabled in the dev_appserver. To turn this off use the flag --disable_task_running."
http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/wiki/SdkReleaseNotes Robin On May 11, 7:45 pm, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does this apply to the dev environment as well? Just fire it up and run it > > via localhost? > > Unfortunately no (for the Python > API):http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/overview.html#... > > """ > When your app is running in the development server, task queues are > not processed automatically. Instead, task queues accrue tasks which > you can examine and execute from the developer console > """ > > Richard > > On May 11, 12:14 pm, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Does this apply to the dev environment as well? Just fire it up and > > run it via localhost? > > > If that's the case, would you mind providing an example or the proper > > documentation link to help me get started? > > > Also, since bulk inserts are now possible > > inGAEhttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/93d3dad847..., > > does that mean they're only possible from within the application > > itself (not via script)? > > > Thanks, > > Matthew > > > On May 10, 7:04 pm, howesc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > everything onGAEmust be called via a URL (it must be a controller/ > > > function). if you need to run it periodically look up how to do cron > > > onGAEand create your cron.yaml. > > > > @auth.requires_membership() is your friend in this case to limit who > > > can call your controller. :) > > > > i have several of these sorts of things running onGAE, and it seems > > > to work quite well. > > > > On May 9, 7:14 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > no > > > > > On May 9, 8:33 pm, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You can run a script with Postgres or MySQL using this syntax: > > > > > > python web2py.py -S myapp -M -R applications/myapp/modules/ > > > > > myscript.py > > > > > > Can a script be run in this way using App Engine as the datastore?
