= Alternative Ideas for Database Independence == Object-Relational Mapper An ORM could be used to provide a unified object interface to different RDBMS: * [http://modeling.sourceforge.net/ Modeling], which is another, more advanced OR-Mapper. * [http://adodb.sourceforge.net ADODB], the fast database abstraction layer with a version available for Python. * [http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ SQLAlchemy], which is also quite advanced, is discussed further on the SqlAlchemy page. The following plugins exist that implement querying the Trac database using SQLAlchemy: [th:SqlAlchemyQueryMacro] and [th:TracSqlAlchemyBridgeIntegration]. * Some people have been talking about using [http://sqlobject.org SQLObject] to accomplish this goal of database independence. == Store Tickets and Wiki pages directly in the Subversion repository A compelling idea with many advantages. A page advocating this plan is TighterSubversionIntegration. There has also been a discussion on the Trac mailing list, of which the arguments are summarized on the page [wiki:WhySQLite WhySQLite].