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Modernized docs in a few places

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Armin Ronacher 12 years ago
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  1. 20
      docs/appcontext.rst
  2. 20
      docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst
  3. 7
      docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst

20
docs/appcontext.rst

@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ moves between threads and it will not be shared between requests. As such
it is the perfect place to store database connection information and other
things. The internal stack object is called :data:`flask._app_ctx_stack`.
Extensions are free to store additional information on the topmost level,
assuming they pick a sufficiently unique name.
assuming they pick a sufficiently unique name and should put there
information there, instead on the :data:`flask.g` object which is reserved
for user code.
For more information about that, see :ref:`extension-dev`.
@ -107,19 +109,19 @@ and a ``teardown_X()`` function that is registered as teardown handler.
This is an example that connects to a database::
import sqlite3
from flask import _app_ctx_stack
from flask import g
def get_db():
top = _app_ctx_stack.top
if not hasattr(top, 'database'):
top.database = connect_to_database()
return top.database
db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
if db is None:
db = g._database = connect_to_database()
return db
@app.teardown_appcontext
def teardown_db(exception):
top = _app_ctx_stack.top
if hasattr(top, 'database'):
top.database.close()
db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
if db is not None:
db.close()
The first time ``get_db()`` is called the connection will be established.
To make this implicit a :class:`~werkzeug.local.LocalProxy` can be used::

20
docs/patterns/sqlite3.rst

@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ easily.
Here is a simple example of how you can use SQLite 3 with Flask::
import sqlite3
from flask import _app_ctx_stack
from flask import g
DATABASE = '/path/to/database.db'
def get_db():
top = _app_ctx_stack.top
if not hasattr(top, 'sqlite_db'):
top.sqlite_db = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE)
return top.sqlite_db
db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
if db is None:
db = g._database = connect_to_database()
return db
@app.teardown_appcontext
def close_connection(exception):
top = _app_ctx_stack.top
if hasattr(top, 'sqlite_db'):
top.sqlite_db.close()
db = getattr(g, '_database', None)
if db is not None:
db.close()
All the application needs to do in order to now use the database is having
an active application context (which is always true if there is an request
@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ in flight) or to create an application context itself. At that point the
Whenever the context is destroyed the database connection will be
terminated.
Note: if you use Flask 0.9 or older you need to use
``flask._app_ctx_stack.top`` instead of ``g`` as the :data:`flask.g`
object was bound to the request and not application context.
Example::
@app.route('/')

7
docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst

@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ decorators::
@app.teardown_request
def teardown_request(exception):
g.db.close()
db = getattr(g, 'db', None)
if db is not None:
db.close()
Functions marked with :meth:`~flask.Flask.before_request` are called before
a request and passed no arguments. Functions marked with
@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ things on other objects because this would not work with threaded
environments. That special :data:`~flask.g` object does some magic behind
the scenes to ensure it does the right thing.
For an even better way to handle such resources see the :ref:`slite3`
documentation.
Continue to :ref:`tutorial-views`.
.. hint:: Where do I put this code?

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