using good old mysql queries no longer throwing error.

mysql/sql/init.sql

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ CREATE TABLE `db`.`users` (
 insert into users values (0, "admin", "password");
 insert into users values (1, "bernt", "inge");
 
-
+CREATE USER 'root'@'10.5.0.6' IDENTIFIED BY 'root';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db.* TO 'root'@'10.5.0.6';

src/app/main.py

@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 import web
 from web import form
-
+import mysql.connector
 
 urls = (
     '/', 'index'
 )
 
-# Connect to database
-db = web.database(
-    dbn="mysql",
-    host='10.5.0.5',
-    port=3306,
-    user='root',
-    pw='root',
-    db='db'
-)
-
+db2 = mysql.connector.connect(user='root', password='root',
+                              host='10.5.0.5',
+                              database='db')
+                              
 # Initialize application using the web py framework
 app = web.application(urls, globals())
 
@@ -32,7 +26,10 @@ class index():
 
 
     def GET(self):
-        friends = db.select('users')
+        cursor = db2.cursor()
+        query = ("SELECT userid, username from users")
+        cursor.execute(query)
+        friends = cursor.fetchall()        
         return render.index(login_form, friends)
 
 

src/app/templates/index.html

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ $def with (login_form, friends)
 
     <h3>Registered friends:</h3>
         <ul>
-            $for name in friends:
-                <li id="t$name.userid">$name.username</li>
+            $for user in friends:
+                <li id="user[0]">$user[1]</li>
         </ul>
 
 </body>