>From the book:
If we just need access to the data but not to the web2py table attributes,
we get away without re-defining the tables but simply asking web2py to read
the necessary info from the metadata in the .table files:
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from gluon import DAL, Field
db = DAL('sqlite://storage.sqlite',folder='path/to/app/databases',
auto_import=True))
This allows us to access any db.table without need to re-define it.
On Monday, 14 May 2012 17:29:26 UTC+1, pbreit wrote:
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> DAL *ONLY* know about tables defined in your model files. DAL has *ZERO*
> knowledge about what your DB actually looks like.
