From what I read on django-developers, multi-db support is being 
actively worked on.

roberto wrote:
> snfctech,
> As far as I know, Django doesn't have an option to set more than one
> database. If I am mistaken, please, let me know.
> I am not sure if there is any project to add this capability in the
> future tough.
> Maybe you should investigate a bit more in the site
> (djangoproject.com).
> Regards.
>
> On Aug 12, 4:31 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks, Jonas.
>>
>> And do you think Django's ORM will be able to handle my multiple DB
>> connections, with read/write fields from different DB producs/ servers
>> on the same view (most of which will hopefully be ODBC compliant, but
>> some might not)?
>>
>> On Aug 12, 11:32 am, Jonas Obrist <ojiido...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> In my opinion writing it in django/html/... is a lot easier and faster
>>> than doing it in a real python GUI tool. Also you have the networking in
>>> your LAN taken care of by the browser.
>>>       
>>> snfctech wrote:
>>>       
>>>> One more question:  Any advantage to just using a Python GUI toolkit
>>>> instead?
>>>>         
>>>> On Aug 12, 9:18 am, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Thanks for all of the good feedback!
>>>>>           
>>>>> At the very least I am enthusiastic about the health of this list! ;-)
>>>>>           
>>>>> @Philippe: By mid-size I mean ~70 people in a retail business (~$500K/
>>>>> sales/week).
>>>>>           
>>>>> Sounds like the community feels Django is a good choice for my type of
>>>>> project.
>>>>>           
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>           
>>>>> On Aug 12, 5:18 am, Philippe Raoult <philippe.rao...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I don't know what you mean by mid-sized but I deployed exactly what
>>>>>> you're describing in a 45-strong company. We have occasional browser
>>>>>> incompatibilities with ajax but overall django was very much the right
>>>>>> tool for the job. As a bonus the company's clients can now access a
>>>>>> restricted part of the application to monitor their files and dealings
>>>>>> over https. Employees can also log in from home over https without any
>>>>>> software/hardware prerequisite. We're also planning on adding some
>>>>>> smartphone friendly pages for specific tasks (billing when employees
>>>>>> are working offsite).
>>>>>>             
>>>>>> My app is around 25k lines of python+templates
>>>>>>             
>>>>>> Hope this helps you make your mind.
>>>>>>             
>>>>>> On Aug 11, 9:06 pm, snfctech <tschm...@sacfoodcoop.com> wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I'm about to start a fairly large project for a mid-sized business
>>>>>>> with a lot of integration with other systems (POS, accounting,
>>>>>>> website, inventory, purchasing, etc.) The purpose of the system is to
>>>>>>> try to reduce current data siloing and give employees role-based
>>>>>>> access to the specific data entry and reports they need, as well as to
>>>>>>> replace some manual and redundant business processes. The system needs
>>>>>>> to be cross-platform (Windows/Linux), open source and is primarily for
>>>>>>> LAN use.
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>> My experience is mostly PHP/web/app development, but I have developed
>>>>>>> a few LAN apps using Java/Servoy (like Filemaker). I am leaning
>>>>>>> towards Python/Django - but wondering whether this may be
>>>>>>> unnecessarily web-specific. I really felt Servoy development was very
>>>>>>> rapid, and it was cross-paltform, but it was not open source (not to
>>>>>>> mention that anything custom needed to be Java which I find too
>>>>>>> verbose/ slow to develop in). Or maybe Open Office Base and some
>>>>>>> scripting is sufficient to handle my needs.
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>> So, my main question is: Does a web framework like Django sound like a
>>>>>>> reasonable platform to build a LAN Dashboard for a mid-sized company?
>>>>>>> Or am I thinking too much like a web developer?
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>> Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>               
> >
>   


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