= Microsoft Access mdb and accdb database=
- URL
- Licence
- Commercial/Proprietary software
- Platforms
- Windows
Pros
- Widely used database by end users.
- It comes with the GUI tools,and very user friendly.
Cons
- Windows only.
DB API 2.0 Drivers
pypyodbc (Pure Python)
- URL
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Python versions
- 2.4 - 3.3
On Windows Platform, PyPyODBC provide a set of methods to bring PyPyODBC's extra support for Access on Windows Platform
PyPyODBC is a pure Python script, it runs on CPython / IronPython / PyPy , Version 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.6 / 2.7 , Win / Linux , 32 / 64 bit.
Almost totally same usage as pyodbc ( can be seen as a re-implementation of pyodbc in pure Python ).
Simple - the whole module is implemented in a single python script with less than 3000 lines.
Built-in Access MDB file creation and compression functions on Windows.