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1515	Injecting into database exceptions is more portable than copying exceptions	ianb@…	Adrian Holovaty	"In django.core.db.__init__ exceptions like DatabaseError are copied in from ""the"" database.  This means only one database backend can be supported at any one time.

An alternate way to handle this is to inject a superclass into the database exceptions.  sqlapi.exceptions is an example of this technique: http://svn.sqlobject.org/sqlapi/trunk/sqlapi/exceptions.py"	enhancement	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	normal	wontfix		ianb@…	Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0