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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 76a4159235..9a35b6cb8f 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Here's a sample configuration which uses a MySQL option file:: DATABASE_OPTIONS = { 'read_default_file': '/path/to/my.cnf', } - + # my.cnf [client] database = DATABASE_NAME @@ -445,10 +445,10 @@ If you're getting this error, you can solve it by: * Switching to another database backend. At a certain point SQLite becomes too "lite" for real-world applications, and these sorts of concurrency errors indicate you've reached that point. - - * Rewriting your code to reduce concurrency and ensure that database + + * Rewriting your code to reduce concurrency and ensure that database transactions are short-lived. - + * Increase the default timeout value by setting the ``timeout`` database option option:: @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ If you're getting this error, you can solve it by: "timeout": 20, # ... } - + This will simply make SQLite wait a bit longer before throwing "database is locked" errors; it won't really do anything to solve them. @@ -601,3 +601,28 @@ some limitations on the usage of such LOB columns in general: Oracle. A workaround to this is to keep ``TextField`` columns out of any models that you foresee performing ``distinct()`` queries on, and to include the ``TextField`` in a related model instead. + +.. _third-party-notes: + +Using a 3rd-party database backend +================================== + +In addition to the officially supported databases, there are backends provided +by 3rd parties that allow you to use other databases with Django: + +* `Sybase SQL Anywhere`_ +* `IBM DB2`_ +* `Microsoft SQL Server 2005`_ +* Firebird_ +* ODBC_ + +The Django versions and ORM features supported by these unofficial backends +vary considerably. Queries regarding the specific capabilities of these +unofficial backends, along with any support queries, should be directed to +the support channels provided by each 3rd party project. + +.. _Sybase SQL Anywhere: http://code.google.com/p/sqlany-django/ +.. _IBM DB2: http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/ +.. _Microsoft SQL Server 2005: http://code.google.com/p/django-mssql/ +.. _Firebird: http://code.google.com/p/django-firebird/ +.. _ODBC: http://code.google.com/p/django-pyodbc/ |