That makes sense. I am using Windows Vista and on db.py the error said line 2 char position -1 which could be a line ending problem.
On Oct 7, 10:32 am, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 7, 2010, at 7:09 AM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > For now I reverted to 1.86.2 hoping the problem is not there. > > A hunch: the new syntax-checking code in admin/default/edit needs to convert > Windows line endings before calling compile. > > > > > > > On Oct 7, 8:39 am, Chuck Paulson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just upgraded to version 1.86.3 and whenever I try to edit a file > >> using the web2py interface I get a "failed to compile file because: > >> SyntaxError on line 2..." error. This happens on files that I have not > >> even changed, such as db.py as well as on files that I have created. > >> Help, I can't edit anything. > > >> Chuck Paulson- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

