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Informix

URL

http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/

License
Commercial
platforms
Unix, Linux, Windows

A set of database products now owned by IBM.

Informix Dynamic Server or IDS is one of the flagship databases IBM offers. It is currently at version 11.7 and it has bindings for many languages, including Python.

1. Pros

2. Cons

3. DB API 2.0 Drivers

3.1. InformixDB

URL

http://informixdb.sourceforge.net/

License
platforms
Python versions

3.2. mxODBC

URL

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

License
eGenix Commercial License
Platforms
Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX
Python versions
2.4 - 2.7

Note: The Informix ODBC drivers needed for mxODBC are included in the Informix CSDK.

3.3. ibm-db

URL

http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/

License
Apache License 2.0
Platforms
Windows, Linux, MacOS X, Solaris, AIX
Python versions
2026-02-14 16:09