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Asked: 2026-05-26T14:20:24+00:00

I’m in the process of choosing a Framework for a new project. I have

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I’m in the process of choosing a Framework for a new project. I have basically the database schema developed(I have this schema running in other PHP webapps already).

In this project I will need to basically search the database schema with Solr. The database schema is a little bit complex to define models in Django, so I think the only option I have is to execute SQL directly… my doubt is about Haystack/Solr… It is possible to query Haystack/Solr when I have no Django Models defined?

PS: I’m new to Django, I have never userd Haystack.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Haystack is pretty tightly coupled to the Django ORM. If you’re not using Django models, I don’t think Haystack is suitable. I’ve only used Haystack briefly, so I might wrong.

    From the Haystack docs:

    When should I not be using Haystack?
    Non-Model-based data. If you just want to index random data (flat files, alternate sources, etc.), Haystack isn’t a good solution. Haystack is very Model-based and doesn’t work well outside of that use case.

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