Resources on using databases with Python

• ChoosingDatabase -- lists databases supported by Python libraries.

• DatabaseInterfaces -- another list of databases accessible from Python. (Should merge this list with the above one...)

• HigherLevelDatabaseProgramming -- wrappers that provide simpler or higher-level database interfaces, such as object/relational mappers and SQL generators.

The DB-API

The DB-API is a specification for a common interface to relational databases, currently at version 2.0.

• [http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/ PEP 249: Python Database API Specification v2.0].

• DbApiFaq

• If you are looking for a DBAPI-2 HowTo, try [http://initd.org/pub/software/psycopg/dbapi20programming.pdf this one] (PDF).

Future development of the API:

• DbApi3 -- discussion of possible topics for a DB-API 3.

• ExtendingTheDbApi

Historical development:

• [http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0248/ PEP 248: Python Database API Specification v1.0].

Resources

• DatabaseBooks -- lists a few recommended titles for learning about databases. These books aren't Python-specific.

• [http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Databases/ Programming:Databases] category on dmoz.org

Non-relational Databases

• PersistenceTools -- describes non-relational tools for storing data on disk.