On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Xiong Chiamiov <xiong.chiam...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > What i want to know is that should i use django ORM for it. > > Should i use any other kind of python orm instead of django orm? But > > then i would essentially need to use 2 different systems for one > > project which does not sound like a good idea. > > > > Theoretically... can 2 somewhat different ORM's use same database > > tables successfully and without any problems? > > Two ORMs could use the same tables, as long as their naming > conventions match. There might be a way to override the names of the > tables in one of them; I don't remember any such thing for Django, but > there is much about it I don't know. > > While I like Django's ORM a lot, I don't see the point in installing > Django just for its ORM. Now, since this is server-side, you'll be > the only one having to install it, so it's not as big a deal (as > opposed to distributing a project that requires every user to install > Django), but if one of the other solutions works well, then use it. > The SO users did a good job of answering your question, so look at > what they said (and their code examples) and decide for yourself. > > > Django has no problem working with another ORM as long as you use exclusively features it supports, for example Django supports custom table and column names, but not multiple-column primary keys. That being said I use Django as a standalone ORM sometimes, because I'm familiar with it, and I know how to make it work easily. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
