Re: [SQLObject] The Gadfly Backend

[Ian B. <ia...@co...>]

Marek Kubica wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:10:37 -0400
> Scott Russell <sc...@to...> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 07:08, Marek Kubica wrote:
>>
>>>Trying to run it:
>>>File "C:\sqlobject\sqlobject\main.py", line 943, in dropTable
>>>  if ifExists and not cls._connection.tableExists(cls._table):
>>>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tableExists'
>>>
>>>That doesn't wonder. But where in sqlite can I find tableExists?
>>>
> 
> 
>>First, you need to read your error.  This is a basic python error,
>>stating that your code is trying to call a method of None, of which
>>none exist.  Something failed to initialize.
> 
> In my file there is a line
> gadfly = None
> but in the sqlite file it's the same
> sqlite = None

This is for lazy loading -- you'll note that SQLiteConnection imports 
sqlite in its __init__.

But you're probably encountering a more mundane problem where you aren't 
giving your SQLObject subclass a _connection object, so the connection 
is simply None.

   Ian