Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.2121.1277522302.32709.python-list at python.org>, Robert 
Kern wrote:

> On 2010-06-25 19:47 , Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<mailman.2046.1277445301.32709.python-list at python.org>, Cameron
>> Simpson wrote:
>>
>>> On 25Jun2010 15:38, Lawrence
>>> D'Oliveiro <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>>>
>>> | In message<2010062422432660794-angrybaldguy at gmailcom>, Owen Jacobson
>>> | wrote:
>>>
>>> |>  Why would I write this when SQLAlchemy, even without using its ORM
>>> |>  features, can do it for me?
>>> |
>>> | SQLAlchemy doesn’t seem very flexible. Looking at the code examples
>>> |<http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/examples.html>, they’re very
>>> |procedural: build object, then do a string of separate method calls to
>>> |add data to it. I prefer the functional approach, as in my table-update
>>> |example.
>>>
>>> He said "without using its ORM".
>>
>> I noticed that. So were those examples I referenced above “using its
>> ORM”? Can you offer better examples “without using its ORM”?
> 
> http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/sqlexpression.html

Still full of very repetitive boilerplate. Doesn’t look like it can create a 
simpler alternative to my example at all.