var orm = require("orm");

orm.settings.set("some.deep.value", 123);

orm.connect("....", function (err, db) {
    // db.settings is a snapshot of the settings at the moment
    // of orm.connect(). changes to it don't affect orm.settings

    console.log(db.settings.get("some.deep.value")); // 123
    console.log(db.settings.get("some.deep"));       // { value: 123 }

    db.settings.set("other.value", { some: "object" });

    console.log(db.settings.get("other.value"));     // { some: "object" }
    console.log(orm.settings.get("other.value"));    // undefined
});

var Settings = {
	properties : {
		primary_key     : "id",
		association_key : "{name}_{field}",
		required        : false
	},
	instance   : {
		cache           : true,
		cacheSaveCheck  : true,
		autoSave        : false,
		autoFetch       : false,
		autoFetchLimit  : 1,
		cascadeRemove   : true,
		returnAllErrors : false
	},
	connection : {
		reconnect       : true,
		pool            : false,
		debug           : false
	}
};