[Tutor] python and MS Access db's

[dman]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 01:26:32PM +0000, alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
| > On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 01:34  PM, dman wrote:
| > > MS' ODBC driver to connect to the db, and then use either XML-RPC or
| > > CORBA to connect to that server from the linux box.
| > 
| > if you don't mind my asking, why you are planning to 
| > use XML-RPC over SOAP.
| 
| I should imagine because its a lot simpler to use - especially 
| from Python.

That's why I was considering XML-RPC at all.  Unfortunately it seems
that it is too simple for the task I have.

| I haven't seen a really easy to use SOAP solution for Python 

The few examples I came across so far look less location and access
transparent than I want.

| but the XML-RPC stuff(now standard from v2.2?) is simplicity itself.
| 
| Speaking for dman so I might be completely wrong! :-)
| 
| Alan g
| [ Who hates XML as a transport since its horribly 
|   inefficient of bandwidth...but recognises that 
|   he's(as usual) in a minority of one! ;-]

I don't really care what the transport is as long as it works.  To me
XML is mostly just a new (or not so new) buzzword, though it does have
some merits for *some* tasks.

-D

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