If I understood well you need to do:
person = db.define_table('another_name',Field(...),Field(...),migrate=False)
so you have 'person' object.
person.insert(name='blablabla')
rows = db(person.name=='blablabla').select()
2010/12/31 Marcello Parra <[email protected]>
> Hello,
>
> I have a legacy database, and want to access it with web2py.
> One table is called "another_name" in the database (mysql).
>
> But I want to use it in web2py as:
>
> db.define_table('person', Field('name'))
>
> I read docs, but could not figure this out....
>
> Thanks for any help...
>
> Marcello
>
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