Python and Databases ?

[Harry George]

First of all, welcome to Python.  Next, you might look at the
Essential Reference book and the Quick Python book.

I'm using the MySQL dbms, with the MySQLdb python binding (which is
DB-API 2.0 compliant).  Works like a charm.  I've got a bunch of big
SGI workstations calling up a Dell PC which runs the mysql server.
I'm not in a position to discuss performance (our slow spot is LAN
traffic), but the python coding is a piece of cake -- and relatively
portable.

"Frank Z. Gligic" <zGligic at cgocable.net> writes:

> Hi Folks:
> 
> This is my very first posting.  In fact, it was only a couple of nights ago
> that I ended up spending some 5 hours in a book store and all of it, for the
> very first time, flipping through 4 Python books.  Well, I fell in love.
> Being relatively new and still feeling  a bit intimidated by OOP, I ended up
> buying "Learning Python" by Lutz & Ascher from O'Reilly.  I have also been
> skipping around Guido's tutorial and most of it makes sense.
> 
> I have also been lurking around this news group in a bit of a confusion.  My
> main interests are the good old business applications, which live and die
> mostly by the strength (speed and robustness) of their database integration.
> So far, I have noticed postings that mention some ODBC modules as well as
> something called DCOracle.  I have looked at neither and mostly because I am
> still at the 'tutorial' stage.
> 
> I am hoping that going forward to Python does not mean going backward to
> ODBC.  DCOracle sounds nice.  ;)
> 
> However, what I am really, really hoping for is a set of modules that are
> 'SQLish' and that hide the 'native' integration to at least the commercial
> beasts (: Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, Progress, etc :) and maybe even mySQL
> and PostgreSQL.
> 
> Could somebody please point me to something/anything to read that would give
> me at least a good overview of the state of things, when it comes to Python
> and databases ?
> 
> Regards,
> Frank
> We are all prisoners of our own experience(s)
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Harry George
hgg9140 at seanet.com