Richard Harley wrote:
Please can someone explain why ORM is better than speaking directly to
the database? Isn't this just adding another layer of complexity which
in huge databases is certainly not needed.
It really all depends on what your needs are. This is my
experience:
If you just
M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
I'd suggest to use a Python class as abstraction layer
Sounds like an ORM to me ;-)
Seriously, SQLAlchemy lets you do all of the things you're worried
about, performance and flexibility wise, as well as map your sql onto
objects (or not, if you don't actually want
Chris Withers wrote:
M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
I'd suggest to use a Python class as abstraction layer
Sounds like an ORM to me ;-)
No, there's no object-relational mapping being done, only
interfacing between the data used by the application and the
schema you have in the database.
As nice
