Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: django user (using django ORM) + sqlalchemy for other db tables

2013-09-10 Thread Dennis
Thanks for the advice -- your recommendations against this configuration were a surprise to me... It's making me rethink what I want (and how much I want it). I'll post this as a comment to the first stackoverflow question so others are made aware. On Monday, September 9, 2013 10:17:10 PM

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: django user (using django ORM) + sqlalchemy for other db tables

2013-09-10 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 6:47:41 AM UTC-4, Dennis wrote: Thanks for the advice -- your recommendations against this configuration were a surprise to me... It's making me rethink what I want (and how much I want it). I'll post this as a comment to the first stackoverflow question so

[sqlalchemy] Re: django user (using django ORM) + sqlalchemy for other db tables

2013-09-09 Thread Dennis
PS: from my google searching, the 2 references below (and their references) are really the only mention of this approach on the web! So, it would be great to get some definitive advice on this seemly reasonable approach. On Monday, September 9, 2013 6:04:23 PM UTC+8, Dennis wrote: Any

[sqlalchemy] Re: django user (using django ORM) + sqlalchemy for other db tables

2013-09-09 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
Honestly, I wouldn't do this. Django has a lot of magic under the hood, and it's ORM does some very specific things to make this magic happen. It's not just the auth, it's how everything is structured in the database and how the app integrates with the database. You're likely to break things

Re: [sqlalchemy] Re: django user (using django ORM) + sqlalchemy for other db tables

2013-09-09 Thread Mauricio de Abreu Antunes
The major problem is: everything in Django is mapped to the ORM. Even the sessions. Sorry for being negative but that is my way to understand this. 2013/9/9 Jonathan Vanasco jonat...@findmeon.com Honestly, I wouldn't do this. Django has a lot of magic under the hood, and it's ORM does some