On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Tobias McNulty <tob...@caktusgroup.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Bill Hubauer <bhuba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> One of the use cases that may be common for multiple database support is >> being able to combine multiple Django applications that require different >> databases into a single site. This is exactly what I need to do for one >> project. This can be done with the new multiple database support, but it >> feels heavy handed to me to require the "integrator" go through all of the >> application code and insert "using" specifiers. I also get nervous to >> about missing some places where it would be required. >> >> I've reviewed the code related to the selection of the default database >> and think that it wouldn't be too hard to make it possible to do application >> specific defaults to database settings. It would mostly be refactoring the >> django.db.DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS constant into a function, and then deciding the >> best way to allow the user to specify a default database per application in >> the settings file. >> >> Has there been any consideration or discussion of this type of >> functionality? > > There has been. See: > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/7904c7da7cb0085f/eb5a359e30307e89?lnk=gst&q=multidb+tobias#eb5a359e30307e89 > > If I recall correctly, the resolution was basically "not in this phase," > i.e., this is something to be worked out in a future release of Django.
You recall correctly :-) The goal for 1.2 is to get enough of the plumbing in place so that enthused individuals can use multi-db if they need to. The clean public API that addresses will be added (hopefully) in 1.3, using the experiences and guidance gathered from early adopters of the raw API. Yours, Russ Magee %-)
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