Firebird
- URL
- licence
- Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License
- platforms
- Unix, win32, Mac OS
Pros
- Powerful and stable cross-platform database
- Extensive SQL standards support
Cons
Python driver binary distribution only available for Windows ,need to compile for other platforms : here is the Howto install it on ubuntu http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2009/02/firebird-python-howto-on-ubuntu-wget.html
DB API 2.0 Drivers
KInterbasdb
- URL
- Documentation
- licence
- BSD-like
- platforms
- Unix, win32
- Python versions
- 2.4 - 2.6
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 Driver
Work in progress for an pure python driver (no C compiler needed or fbclient library) similar to the pure java one
http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=qa&id=qaff200902