[CALUG] Database question

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:42 AM, David Hawkins <dave.a.hawkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> You're looking for an ORM that will auto-discover relationships,
> correct?  I'm nor sure there is one.  Usually you build your schema
> within the ORM's framework.

There is one, based on SQLAlchemy, but I don't recall the name --
someone at ZPUGDC brought it up at the last meeting.

Keep in mind, though, that there's only so much understanding embedded
in the schema.  Usually these auto-discovery tools do a decent job of
getting tables represented as lists of objects, and sometimes even
guess at foreign keys, but they always need a bit of tweaking by
someone who understands how the DB is used before the objects they
produce start to make any sense.

Dustin

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