Trying to create an app ORM inside modules folder

myapi.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import sys
import unittest

sys.path.append(os.path.realpath('../../../'))
from gluon import *

class Database(DAL):
    """extends DAL including app objects """

    def client(self):
        client = self.define_table('client',
                                   Field('name'),
                                   Field('copany_id'),
                                   )
        return client


    def company(self):
        company = self.define_table('company',
                                    Field('name'),
                                    )
        return company


class ORM(object):
    """Creates an app ORM """

    def __init__(self):
        self.db = Database('sqlite://mydatabase.sqlite', folder=os.path.realpath('../databases'))
        commit = self.db.commit
        rollback = self.db.rollback
        self.errors = []

    def new_company(self, name):
        company = self.db.company()
        new_company = False
        try:
            new_company = company.insert(name=name)
            commit()
        except Exception, e:
            self.errors.append(('InsertError','company',e))
            rollback()

        return new_company

    def new_client(self, name, company):
        client = self.db.client()
        company = self.db.company()

        if isinstance(company, str):
            CID = company(name=company)
        elif isinstance(company, int):
            CID = company
        else:
            raise TypeError('company type not suported')

        new_client = False
        try:
            new_client = client.insert(name=name,company_id=CID)
            commit()
        except Exception, e:
            self.errors.append(('Insert Error','client',e))
            rollback()

shell.sh

>>> from myapi import ORM
>>> orm = ORM() #database is created well
>>> orm.new_company(name='Apple Inc.')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "myapi.py", line 39, in new_company
    company = self.db.company()
  File "myapi.py", line 24, in company
    Field('name'),
  File "/home/rochacbruno/projects/web2pytrunk/gluon/dal.py", line 4135, in define_table
    raise SyntaxError, 'invalid table name: %s' % tablename
SyntaxError: invalid table name: company
>>>