> So if I didnt need the portable scheme creation, can I just skip the
> table def in the model?

If you only plan to use raw (text) queries, yes. But then you would need
to write your CREATE TABLE statements by hand, so I'm not sure it would
buy you anything unless you have specific needs.

> Also if I don't plan on ORM, I wouldn't need the object map at all
> correct?

No you wouldn't :-)

>> Also, SQLAlchemy gives you transparent connection pooling, and other
>> goodies.
>>
> Can I use direct queries with engine.execute("select * from") and
> still take advantage of the goodies?

Probably, you should read the SQLAlchemy doc (which is a bit thick ;-)) to
be sure though.




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