Though the book also describes directly instantiating Table when creating a dummy table for inheritence purposes (http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Table-Inheritance), which is how it is being used in this case.
On Wednesday, September 7, 2011 9:55:06 PM UTC-4, rochacbruno wrote: > > Also, from book.http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/06#Dependencies > > *Table* represents a database table. You do not directly instantiate > Table; instead,DAL.define_table instantiates it. > > 1. > > db.define_table('mytable', Field > <http://web2py.com/book/default/docstring/Field>('myfield') > > > >
