You can do:
def dispatch():
controller,function = ... load these from the database ...
redirect(URL(c=controller, f=function, vars=request.vars,
args=request.args))
On Friday, 11 May 2012 10:17:19 UTC+1, Michael Toomim wrote:
>
> I need to be able to dispatch to a different controller based on a
> database lookup. So a user will go to a url (say '/dispatch'), and we'll
> look up in the database some information on that user, choose a new
> controller and function, and call that controller and function with its
> view.
>
> I've almost got this working below, but the models are not being loaded
> into the new controller. Is there a way to fix that?
>
> In default.py:
> def dispatch():
> controller,function = ... load these from the database ...
> response.view = '%s/%s.html' % (controller,
> function)
>
> if not os.path.exists(request.folder + '/views/' + response.view):
> response.view = 'generic.html'
>
> from gluon.shell import exec_environment
> controller = exec_environment('%s/controllers/%s.py'
> % (request.folder,
> controller),
> request=request,
> response=response,
> session=session)
> return controller[request.task_function]()
>
> Unfortunately, the controller being called has access to request,
> response, and session, but none of the global variables defined in my
> models. Is there a way to get exec_environment() to run a function in
> another controller WITHOUT losing all the model definitions?
>
> Or is there a better way to do this?
>
