Thanks you can do this. register a domain like mydomain.com and access it as
http://mycommunty.mydomain.com in the model file you can do: community = request.env.host_name.split('.')[0] db=DAL('sqlite://storage.%s.sqlite' % community) and that should be all you need. On Jul 22, 1:58 pm, "david.waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote: > All, I just discovered this amazing framework and am immediately > switching to it (from adobe) for a current project I am working on. > It is quite different from the way I have built solutions in the > past. Here is the basic structure of how I need to approach the > problem: > > 1) I want a user to log in and create a community based topic. > > 2) This community topic should have a separate URL and database. I > desire this for scaleability and privacy. I asume the url will be > either the community topic name (or a GUID of some type, and am OK > with this) suffixed to my domain. > > 3) The organizer can freely share the url with others in their > neighborhood. > > 4) All users will be required to register and login in. > > 5) Users can participate in multiple community topics. I think this > means there is a central database storing community topics and > participating users, thereby allowing the user to see a list of > community topics in which they are participating when they log in. > When they select a community topic (ideally represented by a URL to > aid in easily sharing) the app must somehow switch the underlying > database. > > I am getting the hang of implementing the functionality within a > community, but have no real idea how to fulfill the above > requirements. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. Again, WOW, I cannot believe I have been unaware of > web2py!!!!!
