On 16 April 2011 21:15, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am building my website using web2py on WebFaction. I have a
> PostgreSQL database on WebFaction called dlawrence_test1.
>
> When I attempt to create a connection to that database using the
> web2py shell as described in the manual, the command executes without
> any errors. But when I try to access the connection variable, an error
> message reports that the connection variable is not defined.
>
> Can anyone explain this and tell me what I am doing incorrectly? Thank
> you.
>
> [note: my database password is represented by ****]
>
> ------- web2py shell -----
> In[0]: dbpg = DAL('postgres://dlawrence_test1:****@localhost/
> dlawrence_test1')
>
> Out[0]:
>
> In[1]: print dbpg._name
>
> Out[1]:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
> NameError: name 'dbpg' is not defined
>
>
Did you create the PostgreSQL database?
Regards
Johann
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