Any pure-python relational databases?

Gerhard Häring gh at ghaering.de
Sat Jul 12 10:33:47 EDT 2003


David McNab wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been looking for some way to operat a relational database on a 3rd
> party web server.
> 
> The server runs Python 1.5.2, and does not have the MySQL-python module,
> (nor does it have libmysqlclient), which means I can't just talk to MySQL.
> 
> The web host is my client's choice, not mine, and there's very little
> prospect of getting them to upgrade their python or install mysql-python.
> 
> Is there:
> 
> 1) Any pure-python interface to MySQL? or

No.

> 2) Any kind of relational DBMS written in pure python that'll run on
> 1.5.2?

Old versions of Gadfly, perhaps.

> All help appreciated.

One advice: don't try to make the impossible possible for such clients. 
If you need Pyhton and database access then just tell them that their 
current web host is inappropriate for this.

-- Gerhard





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