Hi all, I think I got this wrong, are you saying that: Django supports connecting to several databases at the same time? Where do you configure each database connection? how do you tell a model which one to use?
maybe I got it all wrong best regards ----nubis :) On Sep 3, 2007, at 8:38 PM, Iapain wrote: > >> We have a customer management application written in Zope2 which >> talks >> to a sql-ledger database. I'd like to convert this to Django but >> would need to talk to two separate postgres databases. > > Not a problem with Django, multiple dbs are supported > >> Can I get some comments on the practicality of this? I'm thinking of >> using the inspectdb functions to get access to our database and then >> playing with the generated models to talk to the sql-ledger data. > > Exactly, generate models using inspectdb or write yourself > alternatively. Model will mapped to db, and you'll perform action on > model objects. > >> Alternatively I could perhaps write triggers to implement some >> sort of >> communication between the two databases using dblink - but that looks >> pretty scary. > > You can use triggers and sql queries, or for more cleaner approach you > can implement trigger logic into Django custom managers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
