Hi Buezi,

It works in the same way if you have the table definition in the models. To use lazy tables you can check the db.py and use: DAL(...,lazy_tables=True). The way I have described it is only to reduce code in models in case you have a big number of tables. This case is described on http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer?search=lazy#Model-less-applications

To use the web2py shell: python web2py.py -M --shell appname DataBase(db=db, auth=auth, request=request) print db.tables()

This module can be used as well from other apps, so it is compatible with cooperation: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core?search=Cooperation#Cooperation

I hope I have been able to answer your question...