DBI module deprecated at Python 2.5--what to use in its place?

[Kevin Dwyer]

Hello,

I think this is discussed PEP 249 - see the "major changes" section.

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/

Kev

On Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:05:07 -0700, dana wrote:

> I have a variety of Python 2.4 scripts that utilitize the DBI and ODBC
> modules together. Although I don't have Python 2.5, I've been informed
> the DBI module has been deprecated at 2.5. A few questions:
> 
> 1) Although deprecated, will it work at all in 2.5? Does the fact that
> it is deprecrated mean it has been removed entirely, or does Python 2.5
> simply issuing a warning?
> 
> 2) What do I use in place of DBI for my Python 2.4. scripts that import
> modules DBI and ODBC together. I don't use DBI directly. It was simply a
> dependency for the ODBC module as best I knew.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dana