I assumed he was planning to use db...close() outside web2py in some python script.
In the web2py context you should not close the db. Not because you lose auth_user since the connection will be reopened at the next request, but because of speed issues (the connection has to be re- established) and other issues with transactions. Massimo On Feb 5, 1:55 am, mart <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't get it... doesn't this make you logged out because you > wouldn't have auth_user anymore? then what do you do? > > But on the other hand could we use this to hop from one db to another > (thinking through script) ? > > Sorry for asking ;) > > Mart > > On Feb 4, 12:57 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > db._adapter.connection.close() > > > On Feb 4, 10:24 am, vortex <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > How do I explicitly close a database connection?

