[sqlalchemy] Re: Consideration using data model with Sqlalchemy

2008-10-06 Thread az
i'm answering the arhitectural part of your question. pylons is around MVC (model view controller) approach. u have squezeed model into the controller which isnt _bad as such but not appropriate for any complexier/larger modelling. controllers are about translating between model and view,

[sqlalchemy] Re: Consideration using data model with Sqlalchemy

2008-10-06 Thread Michael Bayer
I'm curious why a special twisted server is needed to calculate things that should live very naturally within the relational database, i.e. votes, user stats, etc. If calculating these things via SQL is time consuming, those stats can be calculated on a periodic basis (either upon change in