Not much difference except space in your model.py file... With the seconde case you can override constrain in the controller when needed.
Richard On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM, goutham <[email protected]> wrote: > whats the diff between > > ####### case 1 ######### > db.define_table('branch', > Field('name','string', unique = True, notnull = True), > Field('content','list:string')) > > > ###### case 2 ####### > db.define_table('branch', > Field('name','string'), > Field('content','list:string')) > > db.branch.name.unique = True > db.branch.name.notnull = True > ############# > > in case 2 the database is not added with the unique and notnull > constraints .. why is this happening whats the diff..
