________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING: eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package for Python Version 2.0.2 Full Source Python extensions providing important and useful services for Python programmers. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT IS IT ?: The eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Package for Python is part of the eGenix.com mx Extension Series for Python, a collection of professional quality software tools which enhance Python's usability in many important areas such as ODBC database connectivity, fast text processing, date/time processing and web site programming. The mx COMMERCIAL Extension package includes the well-known "mxODBC" database interface package which provides cross-platform and cross-database commercial quality database access for Python 1.5.2, 2.0 and 2.1. The package comes with full source code, so you can enjoy the benefits of having access to the source code in case you want to tune the package to your particular needs. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW ? We have repackaged the mx BASE Extensions for all major Python releases (1.5.2, 2.0 and 2.1) including binaries and full source code for Windows and Linux as well as distutils based installers for all other platforms. ________________________________________________________________________ SPECIAL OFFER theKompany.com has licensed the eGenix.com mx Commercial Package (which includes mxODBC) for inclusion in their brand new Qt-based Python IDE BlackAdder. It allows developing portable GUI-based database applications which run on Windows and Linux platforms without any change to the source code. BlackAdder includes a 1 CPU license for this package at no extra cost, so you may want to check out their great new product. See http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#BlackAdder for details. ________________________________________________________________________ EGENIX.COM MX COMMERCIAL PACKAGE OVERVIEW: mxODBC - Generic ODBC 2.0-3.5 interface for Python mxODBC is an extension package that provides a Python Database API compliant interface to ODBC capable database drivers and managers. In addition to the capabilities provided through the standard DB API it also gives access to a rich set of catalog methods which allow you to scan the database for tables, procedures, etc. Furthermore, it uses the mxDateTime package for date/time value interfacing eliminating most of the problems these types normally introduce (other in/output formats are available too). mxODBC allows you to interface to more than one database from one process, making inter-database interfacing very flexible and reliable. The source version includes a varity of preconfigured setups for many commonly used databases such as MySQL, Oracle, Informix, Solid, SAP DB, Sybase ASA and ASE, DBMaker and many more. The precompiled versions for Windows and Linux include the interfaces to the standard ODBC manager on these platforms to allow for a more easily configurable setup. More details are available at: http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/mxODBC.html ________________________________________________________________________ WHERE CAN I GET IT ? The download archives and instructions for installing the packages can be found at: http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/ Note that in order to use the eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package you will also need to install the eGenix.com mx BASE Extension Package which can be downloaded from the same location. ________________________________________________________________________ WHAT DOES IT COST ? mxODBC comes with a licenses which allows non-commercial use at no charge, but costs a moderate fee for commercial and governmental use. Please see http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#mxCOMMERCIAL for details. ________________________________________________________________________ WHERE CAN I GET SUPPORT ? Commercial quality support for these packages is available from eGenix.com Software GmbH. Please see http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#Support for details about the eGenix support offerings. ________________________________________________________________________ REFERENCE: <P><A HREF="http://www.lemburg.com/files/python/">eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package 2.0.2</A> - eGenix.com mx COMMERCIAL Extension Package 2.0.2 with distutils support and precompiled binaries for Windows and Linux. (30-Apr-2001) ________________________________________________________________________ Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Company & Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/ Python Software: http://www.lemburg.com/python/