There's also this section in the book: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/11#PostgreSQL Note, be sure to use Psycopg2 2.0.8 or later (current is 2.4.2), as there was a bug in prior versions that could cause errors. Anthony
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:35:50 AM UTC-4, Eric Scott wrote: > Dear Massimo and the rest of the dev team, > > You and your team have assembled a wonderful framework here. Coming > from a PHP/CakePHP background (non-professional other than some work > as a web designer in the late 1990s), I decided to switch to a python- > based framework and spent the past week carefully researching > options. After seriously considering Django, I ended up deciding upon > web2py, first and foremost because it's clear that you and your team > very publically stand behind your "product". Thanks again for a > wonderful tool -- it's much appreciated (and I just made a donation to > the project to express my appreciation more concretely). > > I've started playing around with the framework on an EC2 instance, > which is probably where I'll keep it for a small app I'm developing. > I do have a question for the list: > > I'd like to set it up to work with PostgreSQL instead of SQlite. Is > this the latest HOWTO on setting web2py up with PostgreSQL: > http://www.web2pyslices.com/slices/take_slice/14 It looks like a very > good HOWTO but I want to be sure it's current before I use it. > > I've got it set up on my virtual machine and I'm very familiar with > SQL so it should not be too hard for me to set up the database; I > just need recent documentation on setting web2py to work with it > instead of sqlite. > > Thanks in advance for any input on guides to setting up PostgreSQL > with web2py. > > Kind regards, > > Eric > > Eric Scott Bullington
