SyntaxError: not enough information to build the url

[metaperl]

The archives have 3 instances of this problem, but their solutions do
not apply to me. Here is a link to the ticket for the failed
application creation:

http://static.livingcosmos.org/tmp/127.0.0.1.2011-03-18.17-17-30.156fa84f-4485-4a40-937d-6bb44d73d60f.html

All I tried to do was create a single table with 3 string files NOT
NULL.

I did not mess with any other defaults.

The only unusual thing about the whole procedure was when I
accidentally hit "+" and added a blank table after my table and hit
submit. At that point, web2py went back to the table creation screen
and only made one table.

[Jonathan Lundell]

I'm not very familiar with this code, but...

The problem appears to be that, in the wizard, the application name is initialized to '' (an empty string). If you try to use any application link before a name has been successfully assigned, you'll get this error, since URL() can't create a URL without an application name.

Whoever does the wizard coding might want to disable the new-application links until it has a name.

[Anthony]

Can you point to the other 3 instances of the problem? Can you reproduce the problem, and if so, can you describe the exact steps to do so? And what version of web2py are you using?

[pbreit]

I would suggest trying the "simple app creation". It's pretty easy to customize your app manually. And you also get a better understanding of creating models and various other framework aspects. The simple app creations are immediately functional.