Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-11 Thread Matt Doran
Hi Malcolm, On Mar 8, 4:57 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 21:29 -0800, MattDoranwrote: > > A "project" is a convenient wrapper particularly for those starting out. > > Ultimately, what you need to run a site are a settings file, a root URL > Conf file and a bunch of applic

Re: Creating a multi-column index

2009-03-08 Thread Matt Doran
Hi Alex + Malcolm, On Mar 9, 4:03 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 21:58 -0700, Matt Doran wrote: > > Hi there, > > > I'm porting another system across to Django, and I need to create a > > multi-column unique index.  I previously used SQLObje

Creating a multi-column index

2009-03-08 Thread Matt Doran
Hi there, I'm porting another system across to Django, and I need to create a multi-column unique index. I previously used SQLObject which has a syntax for doing this. I came across this old post that said it wasn't possible and it referred to creating custom backend SQL. http://groups.googl

Re: Advice on project structure

2009-03-07 Thread Matt Doran
Hi Malcolm, Thanks for the very detailed (and well thought-out) response! Greatly appreciated. On Mar 8, 4:57 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 21:29 -0800, Matt Doran wrote: > > > Is there a recommended best-practice approach to this type of > > proje

Advice on project structure

2009-03-07 Thread Matt Doran
Hi there, I'm an experienced developer, but new to Django. I've experimented with Django over the years, but I'm now in the process of planning a medium sized Django app. We have an in-house support/email system written in python, but it needs an overhaul. :) The application will become a sim