You could take a look at the multidb branch (specifically check out ticket #4747). It is a bit behind on trunk, but the basics should work. It allows you to define multiple connections, so you should be able to connect to the same db using different users.
Koen On 5 feb, 23:47, Julien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks guys for the suggestions. > However, what I'd like to have is that the site runs as per usual with > a root user (with all priviledges), and that only one particular apps > runs with a read-only user. Do I have to create a new connection > object within my app code to override Django's, is it possible to > ovveride the parameter via a setting file? > > In PHP, since you create a connection object yourself, you can select > which user (and also, which database, host, etc.) to execute a > particular request. It would be great to make it easy in Django to > allow that sort of flexibility, at least for custom made hard-coded > SQL queries. > > On Feb 4, 8:15 pm, David Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4 Feb 2008, at 1:59 am, Julien wrote: > > > > I totally understand what you suggest, having a RO user at the > > > database (in this case MySQL) level. > > > But I am fairly new to Django and Python, and I am unsure how to > > > implement that dual-setting option. > > > In the devlopment server you can do > > > ./manage.py runserver --settings=yoursite.readonlysettings # for the > > display side of the site > > > and > > > ./manage.py runserver # for the admin side of the site > > > When you deploy the site you can set up which settings file is used too. > > > -- > > David Reynolds > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
