--- In firebird-python@yahoogroups.com, Pavel Cisar <pcisar@...> wrote:

>
> Patrick Fitzgerald napsal(a):
> > Hi everyone - I'm not sure if this has been posted about before, but
> > the python-based Django web framework is on its way to a version 1
> > release.
> >
> > This exceptional system is lacking full featured support for
> > firebird/interbase. (ie there is version that does work, but
> > development appears to have stalled)
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone with experience in both python and firebird
> > take a look at the backend code and have a stab at completing it?
> >
> > django: http://www.djangoproject.com
> > firebird back end: http://code.google.com/p/django-firebird/
> >
> > Thanks!
> > (Disclosure: I have written a system using delphi/firebird and would
> > dearly love to move the delphi bit to all django code - but for the
> > lack of firebird functionality!!)
>
> Problem is that there are many excellent Python web frameworks, and
> those that use any popular Python O-R mapping system (SQLAlchemy,
> SQLObjects) like for example Pylons or TurboGears work with Firebird
> just fine out of the box. That same apply to frameworks that doesn't
> have it's own mapper (CherryPy), so you're free to use whatever you
> want. But Django uses it's own O-R mapping layer, so it's all about
> whether there are any developers so much interested in Django and
> Firebird that they would rather invest time to implement Firebird
> support rather than use some other framework and be done with it.
>
> best regards
> Pavel Cisar
> IBPhoenix
>

Thanks for your reply Pavel - but it seems that Django is increasing
in popularity on a daily basis - and winning converts from such as
Cherrypy, Pylons and Turbogears (and Ruby on Rails too). Having tried
the frameworks that you have mentioned - I can see why, which is why
we have chosen it.

I would have thought that support for more frameworks would be a good
thing? Having Firebird on the list of suppported DBs of Django could
only increase the popularity of both...