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== Masthead == = Firebird =
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  URL:: http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
  licence:: Interbase Public License
  platforms:: Unix, win32
  URL:: http://firebirdsql.org
  licence:: Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License
  platforms:: Unix, Win 32/x64, Mac OS

== Pros ==

 * Powerful and stable cross-platform database
 * Extensive SQL standards support
 * Python driver binary distribution available for : Windows ,Fedora , Debian, Ubuntu (in [[https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-kinterbasdb|official]] repository) , but you can to compile for other platforms : [[http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2009/02/firebird-python-howto-on-ubuntu-wget.html|here]] is the Howto install it on ubuntu from source.
 

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  URL:: http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/   URL:: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/python-driver/
  Documentation:: http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/drivers_documentation/python/3.3.0/index.html
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  Python versions:: 1.5.2 - 2.2   Python versions:: 2.6 - 2.7
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==== Comments ==== In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, KInterbasDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine, including two-phase commit, server-side events, and an administrative API.
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== Other Drivers == ==== Python 2.x-3.x Driver (kinterbasdb replacement) ====
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=== driver name === New python 3.x driver (fbclient library is required) is located in svn repository (All official future driver development will be done in this repository)
Functions and apis are backward compatible with kinterbase only renamed to fdb (replace all kinterbasdb functions with fdb ones)
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  URL::
  licence::
  platforms::
  Python versions::
  URL:: http://firebird.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/firebird/python/fdb/
  pypy:: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb/
  Documentation:: http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/drivers_documentation/python/3.3.0/index.html
  Python versions:: 2.7 - 3.3
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==== Programming Model ==== It was tested with cpython
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==== Comments ==== ==== Pure Python 3.x Driver ====
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== Supported Python Applications == New pure python 3.x driver (no C compiler needed or fbclient library) is located in new github repository (All the future driver development will be done in this repository)
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== Pros ==   URL:: https://github.com/nakagami/pyfirebirdsql
  pypy:: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/firebirdsql/
  Documentation:: http://nakagami.github.com/pyfirebirdsql/
  Python versions:: 2.7 - 3.3
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== Cons == It was tested with cpython , jython, ironpython and pypy

Firebird

URL

http://firebirdsql.org

licence
Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License
platforms
Unix, Win 32/x64, Mac OS

Pros

  • Powerful and stable cross-platform database
  • Extensive SQL standards support
  • Python driver binary distribution available for : Windows ,Fedora , Debian, Ubuntu (in official repository) , but you can to compile for other platforms : here is the Howto install it on ubuntu from source.


DB API 2.0 Drivers

KInterbasdb

URL

http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/python-driver/

Documentation

http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/drivers_documentation/python/3.3.0/index.html

licence
BSD-like
platforms
Unix, win32
Python versions
2.6 - 2.7

Extensions to DB API

In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, KInterbasDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine, including two-phase commit, server-side events, and an administrative API.

Python 2.x-3.x Driver (kinterbasdb replacement)

New python 3.x driver (fbclient library is required) is located in svn repository (All official future driver development will be done in this repository) Functions and apis are backward compatible with kinterbase only renamed to fdb (replace all kinterbasdb functions with fdb ones)

URL

http://firebird.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/firebird/python/fdb/

pypy

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb/

Documentation

http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/drivers_documentation/python/3.3.0/index.html

Python versions
2.7 - 3.3

It was tested with cpython

Pure Python 3.x Driver

New pure python 3.x driver (no C compiler needed or fbclient library) is located in new github repository (All the future driver development will be done in this repository)

URL

https://github.com/nakagami/pyfirebirdsql

pypy

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/firebirdsql/

Documentation

http://nakagami.github.com/pyfirebirdsql/

Python versions
2.7 - 3.3

It was tested with cpython , jython, ironpython and pypy

Firebird (last edited 2020-12-13 14:33:35 by mariuz)

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