[Tutor] Database Connectivity

Kent Johnson kent37 at tds.net
Tue Apr 11 17:11:00 CEST 2006


Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> Hi ALL
> 
> How do i connect my python program to MySQL DB or Oracle DB or can you
> please specify the URL which gives a detailed explanation on this.

Basic connectivity is through modules that implement the DB-API 
standard. Read the spec and find implementations here:
http://www.python.org/doc/topics/database/

There are several popular packages that layer on top of this basic 
functionality such as SQLObject and SQLAlchemy.

Kent



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