Steven, I am involved in just such a project. We are Linux shop, but a lot of the data for one of our applications is stored in SQL Server 2008. In general, there are a couple OSS projects to support connecting Django with SQL Server 2008.
1. django-mssql is probably the best bet but unfortunately, it only runs on Windows 2. django-pyodbc works on Linux (with unixODBC and FreeTDS) but does not currently support Django's new multi-database support. The documentation could also be better. Because our application needs to connect with multiple databases, we are likely going to end up using SQLAlchemy/Elixir with pyodbc. -David On Mar 3, 6:52 am, "Steven R. Elliott Jr" <selliottjr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been asked to write a front-end for an accounting system that will > allow business participating in certain benefits plans the ability to > receive and pay their bill online, reconcile bills, and add/delete members. > The problem is that the database is an existing SQL Server 2008 system and I > have not found any decent ways to connect to this database. The db itself > contains over 200 tables but I am only interested in 7 of them. I would love > to be able to use Django to develop the front end rather than ASP.NET but I > don't see a great deal of support out there for SQL Server '08 (I am using a > Mac right now... not real keen on having to bootcamp windows onto my Mac). > Has anyone had this type of project before? If so, I'd love to hear how you > got started. > > Thanks in advance, > > Steven Elliott -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.
