[DB-SIG] Re: MSSQL "proxy" access

[Philippe ENTZMANN]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Philippe ENTZMANN wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm prototyping an application with Python and MSSQL. I use odbc 
>> module for data access.
>>
>> I would like to be able to run my app both on Windows and Linux.
>>
>> Is there a way to access directly an MSSQL database from a python 
>> program running on Linux ?
>>
>> Is it a good idea to use some XMLRPC stuff to "proxy" the data 
>> requests from the clients (Linux and Windows) to the MSSQL server thru 
>> a python server (Windows) ?
>>
>> Is there already a module for doing such things ? (db proxiing via 
>> XMLRPC)
> 
> 
> mxODBC via FreeTDS should work. They both run on Unix.
> 

Thanks for this info.
mxODBC is a commercial product. Is there any free working alternative ?