Chapter A.2. SQLAlchemy in TurboGears
TurboGears 1.0 uses SQLObject as its default database layer. This is partly due to SQLAlchemy’s release status, because it remains a fairly recently released package with a low version number. More importantly, as of this writing, TurboGears tools such as CatWalk and Model Designer do not yet support SQLAlchemy.
However, everything you need to use SQLAlchemy in a TurboGears project is available, and quite a few significant projects are already using SQLAlchemy in production. Support for SQLAlchemy is readily available on the mailing list should you run into problems. If SQLAlchemy fits your project, you can feel confident that it is a good solution that delivers on its promises.
TurboGears support for SQLAlchemy ...
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