________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC - ODBC Database Interface for Python Version 3.0.2 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-3.0.2-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 - ODBC Database Interface for Python" product is a commercial extension to our open-source eGenix mx Base Distribution. * About Python: Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language which runs on all modern platforms (http://www.python.org/). By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python establishes an ideal programming platform for todays IT challenges. * About eGenix: eGenix is a consulting and software product company focused on providing professional quality services and products to Python users and developers (http://www.egenix.com/). ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS mxODBC 3.0.2 is a patch-level release and includes the following updates: * Python 2.6 support mxODBC 3.0.2 is now available for Python 2.6, compiled with the same MS VS 2008 edition used by the Python developers to build Python 2.6 binaries for enhanced compatibility. * Enhanced support for using TEXT and VARCHAR columns with binary data ODBC drivers which need the Python type binding, like e.g. the FreeTDS ODBC driver, will now be able to pass binary data to text columns in most cases. * 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 updated or new work-arounds for the MySQL ODBC driver, the Informix ODBC driver and the SQL Server 2005 ODBC driver. * Enhanced Python datetime module support mxODBC 3.0 already supports the datetime module found in Python 2.4 and later. With this release, we have additionally added support for the datetime module found in Python 2.3. For the full set of changes please check the mxODBC change log: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/changelog.html ________________________________________________________________________ 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, Oct 15 2008)

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