Re: Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?

2012-11-18 Thread Peter of the Norse
It sounds to me like you are saying “Django ORM should be better”, which is true. But the entire point of SQL is that it’s a common database language. You don’t know what it was like back in the day when every vendor had a different language. Most queries that use a common feature set work fine

Re: Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?

2012-10-06 Thread Jeremy Sandell
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Yugal Jindle wrote: > *Note :* > > - I know we have `Django ORM` already that keeps things database > independent and converts to the database specific `SQL` queries. > - Once things starts getting complicated it is preferred to write `raw > SQL` queries for bet

Re: Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?

2012-10-06 Thread Nick Santos
I agree with Babatunde. I think it would be too much of a barrier to entry and tries to solve some of the problems that the ORM/SQL in general solve or are intended to solve (generalizability). I'd personally rather enhance the ORM where necessary, or suggest that if you plan on switching between d

Re: Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?

2012-10-06 Thread Babatunde Akinyanmi
IMO, 'fake sql' would be another layer of abstraction *like the the ORM* over different databases that don't work the same way. The result would be the same. Since the ORM works fine, the ORM could be improved to cater for some of these more complex cases. It leaves using django a matter of learnin

Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?

2012-10-06 Thread Yugal Jindle
*Note :* - I know we have `Django ORM` already that keeps things database independent and converts to the database specific `SQL` queries. - Once things starts getting complicated it is preferred to write `raw SQL` queries for better efficiency. - When you write `raw sql` queries your code ge