How to pass 'using' DB to the django connection object

Question

To query a specific database in django I can do:

Item.objects.using(\'specific_db\').all()

Is there a way to do the same using a django connect

Answer 1

According the the django documentation on Using raw SQL on multiple databases, you would use connections rather than connection:

from django.db import connections
cursor = connections['specific_db'].cursor()
cursor.execute("select * from item")