On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Yugal Jindle <yugalm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Note :* > > - I know we have `Django ORM` already that keeps things database > independent and converts to the database specific `SQL` queries. > - Once things starts getting complicated it is preferred to write `raw > SQL` queries for better efficiency. > - When you write `raw sql` queries your code gets trapped with the > database you are using. > - I also understand its important to use the full power of your database > that can-not be achieved with the `django orm` alone. > > *My Question :* > > - Until I use any database specific feature, why should one be trapped > with the database. > - For instance : > > We have a query with multiple joins and we decided to write a raw sql >> query. Now, that makes my website `postgres` specific. Even when I >> have not used any postgres specific feature. > > > I feel there should be some `fake sql` language which can translate to any > database's sql query. Even Django's ORM can be built over it. So, that if > you go out of ORM but not database specific - you can still remain database > independent. > > I asked the same question to `Jacob Kaplan Moss` (In person) : > > - He advised me to stay with the database that I like and endure its > whole power, to which I agree. But my point was not that we should be > `database independent`. > - My point is we should be database independent until we use a database > specific feature. > > * > * > *Please explain, why should be there a `fake sql` layer over the actual > sql ?* > > If it helps, there's already a database independent 'fake sql' package available for Python - it's called SQLAlchemy. Granted, it's not "built in" to Django, as in being tightly coupled with the admin interface like Django's ORM, but it certainly can be (and has been) used for what you're describing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
