Hi, That's right. The idea is to use pytables datasets when your tables are too large to be kept in relational databases. PyTables' faster retrieval speed and its compression capabilities can make a lot of difference over relational databases in these situations.
Cheers, Francesc A Tuesday 30 December 2008, Michael Hearne escrigué: > Giovanni - I am using both pytables and sqlalchemy. Pytables is > being used primarily for input data that does not change often, and > the database is being used for keeping track of events and users in > my application. I'm not really "mixing" them, but I am using them > both at the same time, with no problems. > > --Mike Hearne > > Giovanni Marco Dall'Olio wrote: > > Hi people, > > I would like to ask if there are any examples of using pytables > > with other python orm libraries, in particular sqlalchemy and > > elixir. > > > > I have read in pytables' faqs that this library can be used in > > combination with an existing relational database, since it hasn't > > support for relational data. > > However, I don't understand quite well how can I mix the two things > > (I have never used pytables before). > > > > I don't know if you are familiar with sqlalchemy and elixir; in > > short, my database is defined with this syntax: > > - > > http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/browser/elixir/trunk/examples/videosto > >re/videostore/model.py > > > > I wonder if someone else has already tried to mix these two > > libraries and if there is some example already available on > > Internet. I have searched with google but failed to find :( > > > > p.s. elixir home page: http://elixir.ematia.de/trac/wiki > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- _______________________________________________ > Pytables-users mailing list > Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users -- Francesc Alted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
