[DB-SIG] Oracle DB driver

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 22:26:09 +0100


"Németh Miklós" wrote:
> ... 
> But what about database access support, especially to Oracle?
> I found that there is a Python Database API Specification 2.0 which
> seems to be OK. I would have some remarks and suggestions, but more on
> this later.

mxODBC is moving towards full 2.0 compliance. It allows you to access
Oracle via ODBC from Unix and Windows provided you have the appropriate
ODBC drivers installed.

> ...
> So I decided to write a third Oracle driver compatible with Python
> DB-API 2.0 and supporting all reasonable services available via OCI. I
> am an experienced OCI programmer, but quite new in writing Python
> extensions. I'd like to have your support and help in cases where I have
> problems.

Why not take the DCOracle code and continue from there ?

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