On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:10:35 -0000 "Michele Cella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Kevin Dangoor wrote: > > Hi Michele, > > > > Thanks for forwarding that. I hadn't seen that particular posting, > > but I did read about SQL Soup on the sqlalchemy list. Nice stuff > > (though I still with an ORM myself :) > > > > Yep, me too, but it's really nice (as Ian said on his post) to take > any existing db and be able to use it with SQLAlchemy in such a > straightforward way. :-) > > > By the way, I exchanged a couple messages with Mike Bayer a couple > > weeks ago about SQLAlchemy's status. It sounds like SQLAlchemy is > > actually pretty well baked at this point. To make an "official" > > switch requires > > > > 1) a migration path for current users > > 2) New versions of CatWalk/Model Designer/tg-admin sql > > > > Since TurboGears already features some support for SQLAlchemy, these > > things can be tackled any time. (Of course, potentially > > destabilizing changes don't belong on the trunk... I guess the more > > times I say that, the more that means I should really just do the > > branch thing.) > > > > Yep, probably food for FirstClass (am I right?), I was wondering today > (also inspired by Mark [1]) how much difficult could it be to write a > SQLObject wrapper that maps things to a SQLAlchemy database for > backward compatibility, the most difficult thing is probably the query > mechanism and SQLBuilder, but I've not used SQLObject or SQLAlchemy > that much so I'm probably plain wrong. > > Ciao > Michele > > [1] > http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/10/python-database-projects-arise/ I know my opinion doesn't really matter, but my company is planning on sticking with 1.0 when it's released and then waiting for First Class to become more stable. My understanding is that some things from SQLAlchemy would make our lives much easier. It would be nice if SQLAlchemy was at least an option in 1.0 (even if it was something added after release). Heck, if the changes were straightforward enough, I might even maintain a backport myself. Jason
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