Database connect / PDO

[SectorUnknown]

I've been looking through the documentation for PDO, but it sounds like 
you still need mxODBC. Is this correct?

See: http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=20024&group_id=
86244#supported

In article <mailman.1029.1069699121.702.python-list at python.org>, 
jfranz at neurokode.com says...
> > Another possibility is to see if an OR-thingie like PDO/SQLObject/... 
> > actually helps for database abstraction. I suppose they'll get really 
> > "fun" to use once you need advanced queries, though. Does anybody have 
> > any real-life experience with any of these Python OR mappers?
> 
> I have lots of experience with PDO - but it is not an OR mapper.
> It's an abstraction layer on top of the DB-API that adds functionality
> and attempts to make it easier to write your application to a single
> API.  I guess you could say its the n-1th abstraction layer.
> 
> PDO might be useful for SectorUnknown's needs.
> 
> ~Jon Franz
> NeuroKode Labs, LLC
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