MySQL and Python on Linux - Proper Method?

[Gerhard Häring]

Markus Wankus wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am about to dive into my first Python/wxPython app on Linux using a 
> MySQL database backend.  I was wondering what the proper way of doing 
> this on Linux is.  I can currently see a couple of options:
> 
> 1) Using mxODBC (looks to be the most promising right now...)
> 2) Using MySQLdb (is this dead?) and probably SQLDict to make my life 
> easier...

I'd go for option 2). Where did you get the idea from that MySQLdb is 
dead? It's alive and well.

-- Gerhard