Re: Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 12/18/06, James Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll second Jeremy's request for any info you can give us for > developing tests which will help pinpoint these so we can fix them. Re-reading my email, I sounded defensive about the existing API. I am, generally, happy with the Django ORM,

Re: Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread James Bennett
On 12/18/06, Jeffrey Zelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. My only serious request involves the DB API. The Django ORM is > simply too limiting. I was not able to do what I wanted without jumping > through hoops. I was forced to use the: Yeah, it's a wart :( There are definitely some historic

Re: Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread Adrian Holovaty
On 12/18/06, Jeffrey Zelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. My only serious request involves the DB API. The Django ORM is > simply too limiting. I was not able to do what I wanted without jumping > through hoops. I was forced to use the: > > extra( where=..., params=..., tables=...) Hey Je

Re: Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 12/18/06, Jeffrey Zelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > 3. My only serious request involves the DB API. The Django ORM is > simply too limiting. I was not able to do what I wanted without jumping > through hoops. I was forced to use the: > > extra( where=..., params=..., tables=...) > >

Re: Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread Istvan Albert
Jeffrey Zelt wrote: > The Django ORM is probably the only piece of Django I am embarrassed > showing other developers. Oh really? > I will not be satisfied if the current ORM is capable of fulfilling 95% > requirements You must be inexperienced if you think that an elegant solution to 95% of

Wrapping up new site - Django observations

2006-12-18 Thread Jeffrey Zelt
I just wanted to mention that I am wrapping up a new Django site after 7 months of development. It will be used to manage subscriptions for a magazine published by a Norwegian university. So far it does not have a public interface so I won't give out the link here (all you would see is a log