On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Martin Diers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Posi wrote: >> >> Still though, how tied are we to a true relational model and how does >> that tie to a column based DB. > > So utterly and completely, that if you wished to use HBase, there > would be no possible way to integrate in into the current ORM.
This answer is utterly and completely untrue. One of the outcomes of the recent queryset-refactor was to decouple the SQL specific parts of the ORM from the queryset itself. Writing a non-SQL backend for queries is now in the realm of possibility (and during DjangoCon, I heard at least one mention of a prototype CouchDB backend). Obviously, there will always be limitations - the concept of 'joins' on CouchDB is a little vague, for example - but basic data queries can definitely be integrated. To be clear - this doesn't mean "writing a CouchDB backed is a 30 minute job for a newcomer", and there aren't any tutorials on how to do this, and if you try and it breaks you get to keep every single one of the shiny pieces. However, it is _possible_, and I for one am interested in seeing support for non-SQL databases in the Django world. Yours Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
