On Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:09:58 PM UTC-4, DenesL wrote:
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>
> Note that everything (in models, controllers, and views) is python
> code so you can check first then add if not there:
>
> if not db(db.auth_group).select():
> db.auth_group.insert(role = "Admin", description = "Admin")
>
> or more specifically:
>
> if not db(db.auth_group.role=='Admin').select():
> db.auth_group.insert(role = "Admin", description = "Admin")
>
The only downside of that approach is that you add a database hit on every
single request for the life of your application, even though the insert
needs to happen only once.
