Re: [HACKERS] Announcing PgSQL - a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant interface to PostgreSQL

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I need to know how this is different than our current python interface,
> PyGreSQL.

Is this a product of pgsql.com?

Vince.

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> > Announce: First public release of PgSQL Version 1.0
> > ===================================================
> > 
> > PgSQL v1.0 has been released.  This is the first public release of PgSQL.
> > It is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql.
> > 
> > PgSQL is a package of two (2) modules that provide a Python DB-API 2.0
> > compliant interface to PostgreSQL databases.  The first module, libpq,
> > exports the PostgreSQL C API to Python.  This module is written in C and
> > can be compiled into Python or can be dynamically loaded on demand.  The
> > second module, PgSQL, provides the DB-API 2.0 compliant interface and
> > support for various PostgreSQL data types, such as INT8, NUMERIC, MONEY,
> > BOOL, ARRAYS, etc.  This module is written in Python and works with
> > PostgreSQL 6.5.2 or later and Python 1.5.2 or later.
> > 
> > PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost all
> > SQL constructs, including sub-selects, transactions, and user-defined types
> > and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database available
> > anywhere More information about PostgreSQL can be found at the PostgreSQL
> > home page at http://www.postgresql.org.
> > 
> > Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming lang-
> > uage.  It combines remarkable power with very clear syntax.  It has
> > modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and
> > dynamic typing.  There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries,
> > as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC).  New
> > builtin modules are easily written in C or C++.  Python is also usable as
> > an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface. 
> > Python is copyrighted but freely usable and distributable, even for
> > commercial use.  More information about Python can be found on the Python
> > home page at http://www.python.org.
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