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10th September 2008 - Link Blog

Hugely informative thread on multi-db support in Django. I brain-dumped some ideas for a Django multi-database connection API on the developer list, and got a ton of smart push-back from people who’ve been there and have the scars to prove it.

Posted 10th September 2008 at 11:31 pm

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