Falling back to raw SQL
If you find yourself needing to write an SQL query that is too complex for Django's database-mapper to handle, you can fall back on writing SQL by hand.
Finally, it's important to note that the Django database layer is merely an interface to your database. You can access your database via other tools, programming languages or database frameworks; there's nothing Django-specific about your database.
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