Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-13 Thread foobarmus
The single piece of Django that I'm most hungry for right now is the bit that pushes translated strings up into your javascript. If it's feasible to use just that bit, and keep my own connection paradigm, it could be a short-term solution. Thanks again all for your time and energy on this thread

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-10 Thread foobarmus
> well. Sure, someone mentioned the possability of some money for > development, but that doesn't cover the long term maintianence, which is > what the core devs are looking for. If someone is offering to pay for development of a feature that will enable them to use the framework for their softwa

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-10 Thread foobarmus
10, 5:25 pm, Vinay Sajip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 10, 7:37 am, foobarmus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. RDBMSs like PostgreSQL, Oracle, perhaps even MySQL although it's > > still a fledgling in this regard (to name but 3), were designed to (or > &

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-10 Thread foobarmus
saying goes: > when you invent an idiot-proof system, the world will compensate by > producing more advanced idiots. Funny, but getting back to the argument, DBAs are not idiots. The DBA's job in the organisation is to make the database run smoothly. On May 10, 3:23 pm, "James Bennet

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-09 Thread foobarmus
and as I said before, I may be able to support my suggestions with resources. Foob PS. I'm still interested in reading more about the security flaws of web to database pass-through authentication. If anyone has any good links, don't hang back. On May 10, 1:35 pm, "James Bennett&quo

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-09 Thread foobarmus
Perhaps I should have given more specific info about the project. It's not a CMS, or one of these "happy apps" that just have a database because it's cool to have one. It's a tightly modelled, configurable, business administration tool. If used in a business of significant size, I would expect a

Re: database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-09 Thread foobarmus
Thanks for the response, Max. It's very to the point. Much appreciated. > Yes. The conventional wisdom that everyone "should know" is never to > use such web to database pass-through authentication for anything > bigger than an intranet application behind corporate firewalls/VPNs. > > There are

database connection user - newbie question

2007-05-08 Thread foobarmus
I'm managing a programming team that's developing a web app in python. I'd like to be using Django but can't at the moment because one of the things we are doing is driving the application user into the database connection, so that we can implement access control at database level. I would like s