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[Alexandre Fayolle <alexandre.fayolle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On mar. 15 oct. 2013 13:32:11 CEST, Christophe Dubuit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> [this is my first message to the mailing list]
>
> I would like to make a suggestion regarding XMLRPC (and even JSON).
>
> Would it be good to add a special method, in order to be able to send
> raw SQL queries (SELECT only ) ?
>
> Personal background : I've started to use XMLRPC (and some JSON) with
> OpenERP, and I've found it's much easier (and faster) to deal with SQL
> queries, rather than to compose XML queries for "search" and "read"
> methods.
>
> Each basic query needs 2 XMLRPC queries : first a search, to fetch the
> IDs, and then a read. And it's double work on the client side, to
> process all XML data that are returned. Then we have to manage domain,
> context etc.
>
> It's a tedious work for a simple SELECT.
>
> And furthermore SQL is easier for complex queries, like JOIN.
>
> I'm not an expert, so maybe there is a technical reason for OpenERP to
> not go this way. If that's the case, could someone explain it to me ?
>
> Some people advised me to develop my own module, that would allow the
> direct processing of SQL SELECT queries. But a real"standard"
> solution, plug and play, would always be better.
>
> What do you think about it ?

I'd strongly advise against this : using raw SQL bypasses the the 
security rules which are enforced by the ORM.


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