What is python-oracledb? python-oracledb is a Python extension module that enables access to Oracle Database for Python and conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a number of enhancements. This module is intended to eventually replace cx_Oracle. Where do I get it? https://pypi.org/project/oracledb/1.2.0/ The easiest method to install/upgrade python-oracledb is via pip as in python -m pip install oracledb --upgrade What's new? This release adds support for binding and fetching data of type oracledb.DB_TYPE_OBJECT (including SYS.XMLTYPE) in thin mode. It also adds official support for Python 3.11 and addresses a number of smaller enhancements and bug fixes. See the full release notes for all of the details: https://python-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/release_notes.html#oracledb... Please provide any feedback via GitHub issues: https://github.com/oracle/ python-oracledb/issues or discussions: https://github.com/oracle/python- oracledb/discussions