I have done benchmarks on the single process multithread flup that is currently in web2py. It is slower when you have more than 1 processor.
Also do you have a timeline on the new DAL? I may be interested in helping. On Jul 13, 8:39 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > No. The DAL is being rewritten but to the users it wil 100% > compatible. The difference is only in the implementation to make it > even faster and easier to extend on other databases. > > I am putting no effort into allowing web2py to use other ORMs since > this will limit portability of applications and because the web2py DAL > is better. > > If you want to use django models or sqlalchemy models with the web2py > DAL you can because there is already an abstraction-layer for that > (look on alterego). The queries will still be in web2pyese. > > Massimo > > On Jul 13, 10:11 am, Francisco Gama <[email protected]> wrote: > > > one question about DAL. As you know, ORMs are very popular and useful > > particularly in languages like Python with projects like SQL Alchemy, > > SQL Object and others. Now, I know you don't want to import it to the > > web2py bundle and I would never ask you to do something you don't want > > to. My point/question is... > > are you rewriting DAL in a way that could allow developers to easily > > merge it with SQL Alchemy and other ORMs (without losing functionality > > such as SQLFORM()) ? > > > Thank you > > > On Jul 13, 2:36 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the suggestions. I will fix 1, do not know about 2. will > > > seriusly look into 3. > > > > We are rewriting the DAL. It will be easier to extend it. I am > > > planning to have a CouchDB adapter. I have never used MongoDB but > > > should be easy to with the new DAL. > > > > Massimo > > > > On Jul 13, 2:19 am, Bottiger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, as noted in the subject, I have 3 suggestions and 1 question. > > > > > Suggestions > > > > > 1. Remove the chat link. web2pychat.com points to a Mibbit page, which > > > > has been blocked by freenode. The IRC information should be pasted. > > > > > 2. Remove the scribd widget from the front page. It lags my browser > > > > whenever I go there and proceeds to suck up bandwidth. > > > > > 3. Include the prefork flup server. The currently single process one > > > > is far slower because CPython has a GIL. > > > > > Question > > > > > 1. What is the current state of support for a distributed database > > > > besides Google Big Table such as MongoDB or CouchDB ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
