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. >>>>>>> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
