Database protection/coherency between multiple applications accessing the same tables

Hi, in the past I've written to this list re using the django db back-end as a db access layer for a test-automation system I work on; we hope to re-write the current front-end with django at some point. We're a little closer to experimenting with this, and have another question: is there any co

Re: Database protection/coherency between multiple applications accessing the same tables

Thanks for the response Malcolm- comments/follow-up inline below. > > You'll need to do manual transaction management, for a start, just like > you would with any two processes from remote machines accessing the same > data. The only point of coordination is the database, so you need to > work t

Re: Database protection/coherency between multiple applications accessing the same tables

s probably pretty straight-forward, but this is at the edge of my experience with dbs, plus we're new to Django... so any example(s) you can point us to will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, regards, Julian James Bennett wrote: > On 6/12/07, womble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Newbie: is it possible to use Django's db API outside of Django?

Hi there- Let me describe the situation we have. I'm working on a test automation system, with a backend python script that does the actual testing. The frontend is currently a PHP web application. Between the two is a database- web app adds rows, python scheduler polls for new rows. We'd ver

Re: Newbie: is it possible to use Django's db API outside of Django?

> You should be able to just set up a minimal Django project with > settings to specify a database and an INSTALLED_APPS list, and then > things will just work. If you don't want to use a settings file, you > could even do it with manual settings configuration: > Thanks for the link! Would I real

Re: Newbie: is it possible to use Django's db API outside of Django?

Thanks James, I think you've made my day :-) > > So long as the settings are configured before this import, and so long > as you have a models file which includes correct Django model > definitions, yes it will work. > > -- --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

Re: Newbie: is it possible to use Django's db API outside of Django?

> let me see if I understand your situation- you want to replace the > frontend entirely, and keep your current backend tools. The front end > has a web interface, the back end is all command-line. > > You're thinking about redoing the front end completely, in Django, and > using the Django ORM in