From 88c5c9fabf5aeb3ebbc378aa1e983c0123e70bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khaled Mahfouz <khaledmhfz2004@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:27:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] moving the database file to databases/ dir - version : 1.7 -
 description : moving the database file to databases/ dir and updating  
 init-db() function to use the databases/ dir as the default .
 //############################################// 	modified:   .gitignore
 	modified:   app.py //############################################//

---
 .gitignore |  1 +
 app.py     | 15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc18853..e1ba161 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 __pycache__
 *.db
+databases
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 281d744..344912c 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import sqlite3
 import csv
 import io
 import re
+import os # Import the os module
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash, send_from_directory
 import datetime
 
@@ -10,13 +11,22 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 app.secret_key = 'your_super_secret_key_12345'
 app.config['PHONE_REGEX'] = re.compile(r'^09\d{8}$') # Syrian phone format
 
+# Define the path to the database folder
+# This creates a path like 'your_project/databases/students.db'
+DATABASE_FOLDER = os.path.join(app.root_path, 'databases') # Use app.root_path for reliable directory
+DATABASE_FILE = os.path.join(DATABASE_FOLDER, 'students.db')
+
 # --- Database Functions ---
 def get_db_connection():
-    conn = sqlite3.connect('students.db')
+    # Ensure the database folder exists before connecting
+    os.makedirs(DATABASE_FOLDER, exist_ok=True)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE_FILE) # Connect to the specified path
     conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     return conn
 
 def init_db():
+    # Ensure the database folder exists before creating the DB file
+    os.makedirs(DATABASE_FOLDER, exist_ok=True)
     with get_db_connection() as conn:
         conn.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS students')
         conn.execute('''
@@ -37,6 +47,7 @@ def init_db():
                 points INTEGER DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL
             )
         ''')
+        # Add indexes for faster search
         conn.execute('CREATE INDEX idx_student_name ON students(student_name)')
         conn.execute('CREATE INDEX idx_parent_name ON students(parent_name)')
     print("Database initialized with schema constraints and indexes")
@@ -466,4 +477,4 @@ def delete_student(student_id):
     return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(debug=True)
\ No newline at end of file
+    app.run(debug=True)