From fe2b228acad89827f0994c0a51e93739fc989716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Bayer Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:29:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] some fixes --- README.rst | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 884e33a5c3..376b5bc50a 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -19,29 +19,32 @@ Major SQLAlchemy features include: * An industrial strength ORM, built from the core on the identity map, unit of work, and data mapper patterns. These patterns - allow 100% of object persistence behavior to - be defined declaratively. The domain model + allow transparent persistence of objects + using a declarative configuration system. + Domain models can be constructed and manipulated naturally, and changes are synchronized with the current transaction automatically. * A relationally-oriented query system, exposing - joins, subqueries, correlation, and everything - else explicitly, in terms of the object model. + the full range of SQL's capabilities + explicitly, including joins, subqueries, + correlation, and most everything else, + in terms of the object model. Writing queries with the ORM uses the same techniques of relational composition you use when writing SQL. While you can drop into literal SQL at any time, it's virtually never needed. -* The most comprehensive and flexible system anywhere - of eager loading of related collections and objects. - Collections are fully cached within a session, +* A comprehensive and flexible system + of eager loading for related collections and objects. + Collections are cached within a session, and can be loaded on individual access, all at once using joins, or by query per collection across the full result set. * A Core SQL construction system and DBAPI interaction layer. The SQLAlchemy Core is separate from the ORM and is a full database - abstraction layer in it's own right, and includes + abstraction layer in its own right, and includes an extensible Python-based SQL expression language, schema metadata, connection pooling, type coercion, and custom types. -- 2.47.2