What are the viable database abstraction layers for Python

Question

I\'m starting to get involved in an open source project Gramps which is exploring switching their backend from BSDDB to a relational database. Either SQLite or MySQL we have

Answer 1

If your project will ever have any real complexity, stay away from ORMs.

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