It's hard to imagine a framework that would provide you with admin functions like Django without using ORM... seems dicey at best. Anyway, it sounds like you are just looking for more flexibility, a framework that doesn't dictate - is that so? In that case, you might check out Pylons (pylonshq.com).
> Can someone please recommend a python web app framework which doesn't > abstract away sql in favor of python objects? > > As far as I can tell, frameworks such as django, turbo gears, etc. > allow one to drop down the the sql layer, however that is not the most > effecient use of the framework. I would like to use sql (similar to > how JSP's JSTL provides tag libraries for sql), yet not have to build > my own components such as: site administration, user registration, > authentication, rss feeds, etc. (I guess I'm thinking of a Django with > straight db-api database interface). > > Is there such a framework? > > Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
