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92 lines
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adodbapi
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A Python DB-API 2.0 (PEP-249) module that makes it easy to use Microsoft ADO
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for connecting with databases and other data sources
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using either CPython or IronPython.
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Home page: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi>
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Features:
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* 100% DB-API 2.0 (PEP-249) compliant (including most extensions and recommendations).
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* Includes pyunit testcases that describe how to use the module.
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* Fully implemented in Python. -- runs in Python 2.5+ Python 3.0+ and IronPython 2.6+
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* Licensed under the LGPL license, which means that it can be used freely even in commercial programs subject to certain restrictions.
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* Includes SERVER and REMOTE modules so that a Windows proxy can serve ADO databases to a Linux client using PyRO.
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* The user can choose between paramstyles: 'qmark' 'named' 'format' 'pyformat' 'dynamic'
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* Supports data retrieval by column name e.g.:
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for row in myCurser.execute("select name,age from students"):
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print("Student", row.name, "is", row.age, "years old.")
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* Supports user-definable system-to-Python data conversion functions (selected by ADO data type, or by column)
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Prerequisites:
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* C Python 2.5 or higher
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and pywin32 (Mark Hammond's python for windows extensions.)
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or
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Iron Python 2.6 or higher. (works in IPy2.0 for all data types except BUFFER)
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Installation:
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* (C-Python on Windows): Download pywin32 from http://sf.net/projects/pywin32 and install from .msi (adodbapi is included)
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* ((to use Windows as a server, also download and install Pyro4 (requires Python 2.6 or later))) https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pyro4
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* (IronPython on Windows): Download adodbapi from http://sf.net/projects/adodbapi. Unpack the zip.
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Open a command window as an administrator. CD to the folder containing the unzipped files.
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Run "setup.py install" using the IronPython of your choice.
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* (Linux, as a client): download and install from PyPi: "pip install adodbapi Pyro4"
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NOTE: ...........
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If you do not like the new default operation of returning Numeric columns as decimal.Decimal,
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you can select other options by the user defined conversion feature.
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Try:
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adodbapi.apibase.variantConversions[adodbapi.ado_consts.adNumeric] = adodbapi.apibase.cvtString
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or:
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adodbapi.apibase.variantConversions[adodbapi.ado_consts.adNumeric] = adodbapi.apibase.cvtFloat
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or:
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adodbapi.apibase.variantConversions[adodbapi.ado_consts.adNumeric] = write_your_own_convertion_function
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............
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whats new in version 2.6
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A cursor.prepare() method and support for prepared SQL statements.
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Lots of refactoring, especially of the Remote and Server modules (still to be treated as Beta code).
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The quick start document 'quick_reference.odt' will export as a nice-looking pdf.
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Added paramstyles 'pyformat' and 'dynamic'. If your 'paramstyle' is 'named' you _must_ pass a dictionary of
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parameters to your .execute() method. If your 'paramstyle' is 'format' 'pyformat' or 'dynamic', you _may_
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pass a dictionary of parameters -- provided your SQL operation string is formatted correctly.
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whats new in version 2.5
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Remote module: (works on Linux!) allows a Windows computer to serve ADO databases via PyRO
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Server module: PyRO server for ADO. Run using a command like= C:>python -m adodbapi.server
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(server has simple connection string macros: is64bit, getuser, sql_provider, auto_security)
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Brief documentation included. See adodbapi/examples folder adodbapi.rtf
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New connection method conn.get_table_names() --> list of names of tables in database
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Vastly refactored. Data conversion things have been moved to the new adodbapi.apibase module.
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Many former module-level attributes are now class attributes. (Should be more thread-safe)
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Connection objects are now context managers for transactions and will commit or rollback.
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Cursor objects are context managers and will automatically close themselves.
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Autocommit can be switched on and off.
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Keyword and positional arguments on the connect() method work as documented in PEP 249.
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Keyword arguments from the connect call can be formatted into the connection string.
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New keyword arguments defined, such as: autocommit, paramstyle, remote_proxy, remote_port.
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*** Breaking change: variantConversion lookups are simplified: the following will raise KeyError:
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oldconverter=adodbapi.variantConversions[adodbapi.adoStringTypes]
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Refactor as: oldconverter=adodbapi.variantConversions[adodbapi.adoStringTypes[0]]
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(( More information like this in older_whatsnew.txt ))
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License
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LGPL, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
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Documentation
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Start with:
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http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html
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read the examples in adodbapi/examples
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and look at the test cases in adodbapi/test directory.
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Mailing lists
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The adodbapi mailing lists have been deactivated. Submit comments to the
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pywin32 or IronPython mailing lists.
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-- the bug tracker on sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi will be checked, (infrequently).
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