New features not documented in book 2 ed.

New features not documented in book 2nd edition

decimal field type
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/3c1957d8ed743513

1.72.1
* Alias for id field
allows to redefine the name of the 'id' field.
* make_migrate=True
rebuild missing .table files
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/eed21229883b5a1a

* keyed tables
support for legacy tables (MS SQL, DB2, Ingres & Informix)
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/db150376b06d47fc

1.71.1
* A complete rewrite or the Rows object that makes web2py faster and
smaller
* DALStorage is renamed Row
* Now you can call web DAL form any Python program
* You can also use the template language from any Python program
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/159b44bfbb634df2
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/c81061bc00c6181e

1.69.1
* Lots of new DAL APIs including
OR, LIKE, BELONGS, and more on GAE
* response.meta.keywords, reponse.meta.description,
response.meta.author, ...
* response.files.append for including js & css files
* experimental plugin mechanism
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/fe6381e136995563
http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/248

1.68.1
* New cron
* New hindi and spanish translation
* cached uploads allow for progress bars (thanks AndCycle)
* Ingres support (thanks Chris)
* default setting of content-type (this may cause strange behavior in
old apps when downloading images)
* IS_UPPER and IS_LOWER work with unicode
* CLEANUP now takes regex of allowed/now allowed characters
* New rewrite.py allows dynamic routes
* Better error messages for IS_INT_* and IS_FLOAT_*
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/ba5fa43f53ad38ad

Other info
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How to make your own layouts
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/6f321414a058b4b3
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/5a75171b835f542d
http://code.google.com/p/web2py/source/browse/trunk/scripts/layout_make.py

Virtual fields
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/c684346f13773f93
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/d59ee3d6c2e6d836
http://www.vimeo.com/7296755
http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/248 (at the end)

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