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- I guess I understand the desire to have Django work well with SQL Alchemy, as it clearly is more robust, but in real-world use, I have never come across a situation I couldn't easily handle with Django's built-in ORM.
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An ORM helps developers manage database operations by automating the mapping of database tables to code objects.
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Using an ORM simplifies the process of connecting your application to the database.
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However, you should definitely be able to choose it instead of Django's ORM if you prefer.
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You can't change millions of entries at once because of limitations of the ORM.
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SQL Alchemy is a more robust ORM than the one that comes with Django.
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Like I said, I find the built-in Django ORM to be more than sufficient for my needs, but it's awesome to know you can swap out to something more complex if it's needed.
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Our sites are 99% client-side for the GUI with a MySQL back end and a thin PHP ORM layer in between.
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With an ORM, you can easily retrieve and manipulate data without writing complex SQL queries.
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Morphology
ORM = object-relational mapping (opaque) = O + R + M
The initialism 'ORM' does not transparently indicate the full phrase 'object-relational mapping'; the expansion must be known.
Etymology
ORM stands for Object-Relational Mapping, which links program objects with database relations, or tables. Think of 'mapping' as making a 'map' that shows how each object matches a table, so an ORM lets programmers work with the database using familiar code objects.