#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys; sys.path.append('../../../') # show python where the modules are

import web.database, web.database.object
connection = web.database.connect(
    adapter="snakesql", 
    database="database-object-others",
    autoCreate = 1,
)
cursor = connection.cursor() 

person = web.database.object.Table("Person")
person.addColumn(web.database.object.String(name="firstName"))
person.addColumn(web.database.object.String(name="surname"))

database = web.database.object.Database()
database.addTable(person)
database.init(cursor)

if not database.tablesExist():
    database.createTables()
    print "Created Table"

john = database['Person'].insert(firstName="John", surname="Smith")
owen = database['Person'].insert(firstName="Owen", surname="Jones")

print database['Person'].max('rowid')
print database['Person'].max('firstName')
print database['Person'].min('surname')

print database.output()

connection.close() # Close the connection without saving changes

Created Table
2
Owen
Jones
+---------------------+
| Database 'Database' |
+---------------------+
| Person              |
+---------------------+