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Going for a trot on the Django pony

19 points| timtrueman | 16 years ago |blog.fluther.com | reply

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[+] sjs382|16 years ago|reply
One of the poster's "cons" was lack of support for multiple databases.

Django 1.2 will have support for multiple databases: http://djangoadvent.com/1.2/multiple-database-support/

[+] timtrueman|16 years ago|reply
I'm excited for that but what I really meant was split/sharded databases, something you need at scale (which Fluther doesn't need...yet). Correct me if I'm wrong but the upcoming multiple database support can't do that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_(database_architecture)

What it seems to support is "Database Routers" which let you implement your own sharding. It's not that you can't do it. It's just that it doesn't support sharding out of the box.

I'm more excited for the template performance improvements.

[+] sjs382|16 years ago|reply
So my comment was deleted from the blog but comments in the vein of "Cool story, bro!" are kept? Definitely not a community I want to participate in again.
[+] forkqueue|16 years ago|reply
Split database support is in Django 1.2 (currently in beta), so that's one con to scratch off the list.