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Relational database

Databases based on a relational model, with support for SQL.

PostgreSQL

• psycopg

  • psycopg1: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg1

  • psycopg2: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg2

• pyPgSQL: http://pypgsql.sourceforge.net/

• PyGreSQL: http://www.pygresql.org/

• PoPy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/popy

  • PoPy and PyGreSQL are [http://www.zope.org/Members/tm/Full_Announce merging]

• PostgresPy: http://python.projects.postgresql.org/

• pgasync: http://jamwt.com/pgasync/

  • Asynchronous and pure Python. Speed comparable to C bindings. Special support for Twisted.

• bpgsql: http://barryp.org/software/bpgsql/

  • Barebones pure-Python PostgreSQL client
• ["sipPQ"]

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • Supports the [http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/ PostgreSQL ODBC driver] on both Windows and Unix. Note that you have to enable the advanced option "Use bytea for lo" in case you want to work with BLOBs.

Oracle

• cx_Oracle: http://www.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/

• DCOracle: http://www.zope.org/Products/DCOracle/

  • This is for old Oracle versions (7 and 8).

• DCOracle2: http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/dco2

  • For Oracle 8i and up.

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • Supports the [http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html Oracle Instant Client] which is available for Windows and many popular Unix platforms.

IBM DB2

• PyDB2: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydb2

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • DB2's native CLI is ODBC compatible and mxODBC can link directly against these libraries. It also supports the DB2 ODBC driver on Windows.

Sybase

• sybase: http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/sybase/

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • Supports Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere.

MaxDB/SAPDB

• sapdb: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/interfaces.html

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • MaxDB/SAPDB's native CLI is ODBC compatible and mxODBC can link directly against the CLI libs on Unix. It also supports the ODBC driver on Windows.

Informix

• InformixDB: http://informixdb.sourceforge.net/

• mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/

  • Note: The Informix ODBC drivers are included in the Informix CSDK.

Ingres

• ingresdbi: http://www.ingres.com

Native Python Databases

buzhug

[http://buzhug.sourceforge.net/ buzhug] is a pure-Python database engine, using a Pythonic, no-SQL syntax.

The data is stored and accessed on disk (it is not an in-memory database). The implementation has been designed to make all operations, and especially selection, as fast as possible with an interpreted language.

A limited benchmark using the same use cases as SQLite's author shows that buzhug is much faster than other pure-Python modules (KirbyBase, gadfly). SQLite, which is implemented in C, is faster, but only less than 3 times on the average.

SnakeSQL

[http://www.pythonweb.org/projects/snakesql/ SnakeSQL] is a pure Python SQL database written to remove the dependence of the Python Web Modules on 3rd party drivers for non-Python databases like MySQL but designed to be a useful database in its own right.