PyODB a Python unixODBC API binding

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Neil Moses wrote:
> I would like to announce the first release of PyODB a Python unixODBC 
> API binding.
> 
> PyODB is a Python module and provides a simplified set of bindings to 
> unixODBC
> (http://www.unixodbc.org) allowing fast and easy development of open 
> database
> applications.
> 
> The module supports multiple database connections using a connection 
> class and
> two methods execute() and fetch() to handle SQL queries. Disconnection 
> from the
> database is automatic using the class destructor.
> 
> My main aim in producing this software was to hide the complexities of 
> the ODBC
> C API from the programmer and so simplify application development. I 
> imagine this
> might appeal to people providing dynamic content on a web server or 
> anyone who
> wished to experiment with ODBC in developing small applications.

Just wondering: didn't you know of the mxODBC Python extension ?

It's been around for almost 7 years now and provides a DB-API 2.0
interface to ODBC databases and managers (including Windows ODBC
manager, iODBC and unixODBC).

> The software has been developed on a Linux environment using Python 2.3
> and SWIG (http://www.swig.org). The module has been tested on Linux and
> Solaris platforms using databases PostgreSQL and Informix, but should work
> on any platform supporting unixODBC and an ODBC database driver.
> 
> To download the release visit https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyodb

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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