On Jun 1, 11:23 pm, Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampana...@gmail.com> wrote: > Modulok suggested using ORM software. ORM should not really be needed if > you are aiming at scientific content for your application, you should > be fine with straight SQL (many consider ORM a hindrance rather than > help for any project [1], [2]). But if you do find the need for ORM > then SQLAlchemy is very good and is considered pretty much a de facto > standard in the Python world.
SQLAlchemy isn't just an ORM, though. Even more compelling, to me, is its SQL Expression Language, which allows you to programmatically write SQL expressions in a cross-database compatible way. It makes it a lot easier to port your application to another database backend should it require it. I tend to start projects with a local instance of sqlite, for example, before migrating to PostGres/Oracle for production. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
