Why not allow both to work (parse the DSN string if encountered)?
Something like...
DATABASES = {
'default': {'host': 'localhost', 'username': 'user',
'password': 'pass', 'database': 'production'},
'legacy': 'mysql://user:p...@localhost/legacy',
}
On May 1, 2:14 am, Mike Panchenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would agree with you on the dict issue, given that some of the
> backends have custom settings etc. I also agree that this is not
> really something that matters now - DSNs will need to be parsed into
> dicts anyway, so you might as well implement the dicts first and then
> see what the demand is for DSNs. Supporting both also doesnt seem too
> bad.
>
> Mile.
>
> On Friday, May 1, 2009, Alex Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > Not a lot of new news or progress. I'll be at EuroDjangoCon all of next
> > week so I may be starting my work there, depending on the status of 1.1.
> > The only new news was Simon and I discussed switching to a DSN string in
> > place of the dict of settings. Personally I'm -1 on that as I find the
> > current setup very readable and doesn't require us to parse strings.
> > However, more importantly, I think it's fairly orthagonal to multidb, and
> > as such should be handled seperately. I think Simon will be at
> > EuroDjangoCon so hopefully I'll have a chance to dicuss it with him there.
>
> > As always, questions, criticisms, curse laden rants, and really good ideas
> > are welcome,
> > Alex
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
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