Django DB Backend for SAP HANA

Under Development

Prerequisite

Python compiled with --enable-unicode=ucs2 or use the python provided with hdbclient package.
Django 1.4 (Only tested with this version, 1.5 might work)
HANA python driver configured in python path. Only available for windows x86_64 and linux x86_64
Tested with HDB version 1.00.45.371235 (NewDB100_REL).

Setup

1. Install the python package via setup.py

python setup.py install

2. The config in the Django project is as follows

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django_hana',
        'NAME': '<SCHEMA_NAME>',           # The schema to use. It will be created if doesn't exist
        'USER': '<USERNAME>',
        'PASSWORD': '<PASSWORD>',
        'HOST': '<HOSTNAME>',                      
        'PORT': '3<INSTANCE_NUMBER>15',               
    }
}

3. HANA doesn't support Timezone. Set USE_TZ=False in settings.py.

Config

Column/Row store

Use the column/row-store class decorators to make sure that your models are using the correct HANA engine. If the models are not using any decorators the default behaviour will be a ROW-store column.

from django.db import models
from django_hana import column_store, row_store

@column_store
class ColumnStoreModel(models.Model):
	some_field = models.CharField()
	
@row_store
class RowStoreModel(models.Model):
	some_field = models.CharField()

Log

HANA doesn't return id after insert. Currently taking the curval of the sequence after insert. This may cause problems when too many inserts are done simultaneously. Needs rework. May be grab the seq's nextval while constructing insert query and use it in place of id and return it after insert is done.
Tested with models in official django tutorial and Models References. All queries worked.
Currently, executes set schema on every cursor creation. Prefixing each table name with schema name is more efficient. Needs rework.
Select and update works with tested models. Placeholder conversion works!!
Major problem is the paramstyle hdb supports qmark while django assumes %s, need to write a converter
Hana doesn't support timestamp with timezone info, stripping timezone info from the string
Select and update works with tested models
Simple inserts work
syncdb creates tables, sequences and indexes
connects to db
uses the settings_dict['NAME'] as default schema

TODO

Make a custom auto field for UUID
Do more tests

Disclaimer

This project is not a part of standard SAP HANA delivery, hence SAP support is not responsible for any queries related to this software. All queries/issues should be reported here.

m3o7/django_hana