Below is a script to test the database layer. It demonstrates the use of some of the commands:
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys; sys.path.append('../../../') # show python where the modules are import web.database connection = web.database.connect( adapter="snakesql", database="database", autoCreate = 1, ) cursor = connection.cursor() import datetime # Crete a table using the DB-API 2.0 interface and inset some information cursor.execute('CREATE TABLE test( columnDate Date, columnString String)') cursor.execute( "INSERT INTO test ( columnDate, columnString) VALUES (?, 'This i\\s a str''ing with some awkward quoting')", datetime.date(2005,01,27) ) # Retrieve the information cursor.execute("SELECT * from test WHERE columnDate = '2005-01-27'") print cursor.fetchall(format='dict') # Update the row using the abstraction interface and retrieve the information cursor.update( table = 'test', columns = ['columnString'], values = ["James's New String conta\\\\ining an apostrophe and awkward quoting"], ) print cursor.select(columns='*', tables=['test']) connection.close() # Close the connection without saving changes