Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical?

[Robert Kern]

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

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Robert Kern

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  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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