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== Cons ==

 * Python driver binary distribution only available for Windows (need to compile for other platforms)
 * 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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==== 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)

https://github.com/nakagami/pyfirebirdsql

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/index.php?op=devel&sub=python

Documentation

http://www.firebirdsql.org/devel/python/docs/3.3.0/

licence
BSD-like
platforms
Unix, win32
Python versions
2.4 - 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.

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)

https://github.com/nakagami/pyfirebirdsql

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