yes you can do that
On Jun 25, 4:16 pm, NickFranceschina <[email protected]> wrote: > is it possible during runtime to create new table definitions and have > them executed? so instead of putting my models in db.py, I could > pull the meta-data from a database and build the model on the fly when > the app starts up? (if it is on SQL, it will do the usual maintenance > stuff... if it is on GAE it doesn't do anything) > > I'd like to let users create their own "types"... on GAE this is easy > as there is no hard "schema" to follow... but I want the app to work > both on GAE and SQL (which is why I'm using Web2py)... so wondering > how that would work if I tried to define a table on the fly: > > i.e. > > default.py > > def index(): > > fields = get_fields(); #returns a list of Field() objects > tbl = db.define_table(mytable,fields) > > Thank you, > -Nick Franceschina
