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Masthead
- URL
- licence
- GPL
- platforms
- Unix, win32
DB API 2.0 Drivers
MySQLdb
- URL
- licence
- GPL/Python license
- platforms
- Unix, win32
- Python versions
- 1.5.2 thru 2.2
Extensions to DB API
- several alternative cursor classes which can be used with cursor(cursorclass) on the connection object
- additional methods info() and insert_id() in the cursor classes
Comments
Other Drivers
driver name
- URL
- licence
- platforms
- Python versions
Programming Model
Comments
Supported Python Applications
- ["Zope"]
- A MySQL driver exists for ["PyDO"] (Python Data Objects)
Pros
- Many administration tools from third parties
- Fast
Cons
Only very basic SQL support (entry level SQL 92). Many interesting features (subqueries, views, triggers, ...) are missing.
Some [http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html gotchas] (documented but unexpected features)