id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 16293 Patch database documentation to explain how to return fetchall() as a dict rather than list. Cal Leeming nobody "Full discussion about this topic can be found in: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/72c91698cba2ea5b So far we have +2 votes and -1 vote. -1 vote: {{{ The thing is, this is a DB API snippet, not a Django snippet specifically. If Django were a DB API toolbox, then it might make sense to include it in some form or other. But it's not, so in the interest of keeping things relatively tidy I'm a -0 on this. }}} +2 vote: {{{ It is often said here that Django ORM is designed to do 80% of the stuff, the rest can be done using raw SQL. So, giving pointers to users how to perform the raw SQL as painlessly as possible is something Django documentation should do. }}} Could we get some more feedback on this?? Cal" New feature closed Documentation 1.3 Normal fixed Accepted 1 0 1 0 0 0