using pydal to connect to app in standalone mode

[Ron Chatterjee]

from pydal import DAL, Field

db = DAL('sqlite://storage.sqlite',folder='C:....\web2py\applications\my_app_name\databases',auto_import=True);

in my application models/db.py I have my database definition.

I can't connect through pydal. I get an error:

  return self.driver.Connection(dbpath, **driver_args)

OperationalError: unable to open database file

Am I missing something? Basically trying to use pydal as a standalone to load existing database. If it is even possible.  

[Massimo Di Pierro]

This should be possible. This is the purpose of pydal. Perhaps the file truly corrupted or the folder is missing/incorrect?

[Ron Chatterjee]

Found the issue:

Its about having the folder location in windows way as oppose to linux/unix. If I use fwd slash, instead backwards. It works.

Sorry.