________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface Version 3.0.3 mxODBC is our commercially supported Python extension providing ODBC database connectivity to Python applications on Windows and Unix platforms This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.0.3-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION mxODBC provides an easy-to-use, high-performance, reliable and robust Python interface to ODBC compatible databases such as MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle Database, IBM DB2 and Informix , Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many more. The "eGenix mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface" product is a commercial extension to our open-source eGenix mx Base Distribution. * About Python (http://www.python.org/): Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python establishes an ideal programming platform for today's IT challenges. * About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/): eGenix is a software project, consulting and product company focusing on expert services and professional quality products for companies, Python users and developers. ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS mxODBC 3.0.3 is a patch-level release and includes the following updates: * Python 2.3 - 2.6 support: mxODBC 3.0 is available for Python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6. We ship binaries for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX, Solaris, and offer custom porting services for most other platforms. * Enhanced support for using cursors as iterators: mxODBC cursor objects can now be used as iterators to iterate over result sets. While this was already possible in previous versions using wrappers, we have now added direct iterator support to the cursor objects themselves. * Updated work-arounds for various ODBC drivers: eGenix always aims to make using mxODBC as easy and robust as possible. For this reason, we regularly add or update work-arounds for problems found in recent ODBC driver versions. This release includes new work-arounds for the MySQL ODBC driver running on 64-bit Linux, the SQL Server 200 ODBC driver and the FileMaker ODBC driver. For the full set of changes please check the mxODBC change log: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/changelog.html For the full set of features mxODBC has to offer, please see: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Features ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ In order to use the eGenix mxODBC package you will first need to install the eGenix mx Base package: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/ ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING You are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC release, especially if you are using MS SQL Server or Informix as database server. Customers who have purchased mxODBC 3.0 licenses can download and install this patch-level release on top of their existing installations. The licenses will continue to work with version 3.0.2. Users of mxODBC 2.0 will have to purchase new licenses from our online shop in order to upgrade to mxODBC 3.0.2. You can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site at http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Evaluation or writing to sales@egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for this product is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 01 2009)
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