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Oracle

URL: http://www.oracle.com/index.html
FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com/
Wiki: http://www.orawiki.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_database
license: commercial/proprietary; free for development from Oracle Technology Network; Oracle XE is free for production and development (and an excellent option all-around)
platforms: Unix, Linux, win32, win64

Pros

Reputation for being capable of handling large scale databases
Typically the database system others compare themselves to

Cons

Usually requires bloated Oracle client installation on any machine that the app will run on
Frequently the subject of migration discussions (to alternatives), usually for reasons of cost

DB API 2.0 Drivers

cx_Oracle

URL: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/
licence: BSD like
platforms: Unix, win32
Python versions: 2.5 - 3.2
Oracle versions: 10i - 11g
Last release: 5.1 (March 19, 2011)

DCOracle2

URL: http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/dco2
licence: ZPL
platforms: Unix, win32
Python versions
Last release: 1.3beta (Feb 10, 2003)

DCOracle2 targets Oracle 8i and up.

There also is DCOracle (http://www.zope.org/Products/DCOracle/) for the older Oracle 7 and 8 versions, but this is unmaintained.

mxODBC

URL: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/
Licence: eGenix Commercial License
Platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX
Python versions: 2.4 - 2.7

mxODBC is compatible with the Oracle ODBC drivers on Windows and Unix, such as the ones included in the Oracle Instant Client.

pyodbc

URL: http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc
License: MIT
Platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, Any (source provided)
Python versions: 2.4 - 2.6

Actively maintained Open Source project.

Precompiled binaries are available for Windows. RedHat Enterprise Linux, Centos, and Fedora have precompiled RPMs available in their Extras repositories.

OJDBC and JayDeBeApi

URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/JayDeBeApi
licence: LGPL
platforms: Any (requires Java)
Python versions: Tested on CPython 2.6.6 and Jython 2.5.2
Oracle versions: Any supported by Oracle's JDBC drivers (currently 8.1.7 to 11.2.0.2.0)
Last release: 0.1 (2010-08-16)

No InstantClient required. Download an Oracle JDBC driver (the filename will be something like ojdbc6.jar) from the Oracle website, and set the classpath to include the driver. Note that if not running under Jython, JPype is required. Use code like the following:

   1 environ['JAVA_HOME'] = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre'
   2 jpype.startJVM(jpype.getDefaultJVMPath(), '-Djava.class.path=ojdbc6.jar')
   3 conn = jaydebeapi.connect('oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver', 'jdbc:oracle:thin:user/pass@server:1521:dbname')

Supported Python Applications

Zope
an Oracle (DCOracle and DCOracle2) driver exists for PyDO (Python Data Objects)

Web Links

Oracle Forum

Oracle Wiki's: English German

Oracle Documentation: 10g 9i 8i 7

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-  URL:: http://www.oracle.com/index.html
  FAQ:: http://www.orafaq.com/
  Wiki:: http://www.orawiki.com/
+  URL::  http://www.oracle.com/index.html
  FAQ::  http://www.orafaq.com/
  Wiki::  http://www.orawiki.com/
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-  license:: commercial/proprietary; free for development from [http://www.oracle.com/technology//index.html Oracle Technology Network]; [http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html Oracle XE] is free for production and development (and an excellent option all-around)
+  license:: commercial/proprietary; free for development from [[http://www.oracle.com/technology//index.html|Oracle Technology Network]]; [[http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/xe/index.html|Oracle XE]] is free for production and development (and an excellent option all-around)
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- * Requires bloated Oracle client installation on any machine that the app will run on
+ * Usually requires bloated Oracle client installation on any machine that the app will run on
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+=== cx_Oracle ===

  URL:: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/
  licence:: [[http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net/LICENSE.txt|BSD like]]
  platforms:: Unix, win32
  Python versions:: 2.5 - 3.2
  Oracle versions:: 10i - 11g
  Last release:: 5.1 (March 19, 2011)
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-=== cx_Oracle ===
+DCOracle2 targets Oracle 8i and up.
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-  URL:: http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml
  licence:: [http://www.computronix.com/download/License(cxOracle).txt BSD like]
  platforms:: Unix, win32
  Python versions:: 2.2 - 2.4
  Oracle versions:: 8i - 10g
+There also is DCOracle (http://www.zope.org/Products/DCOracle/) for the older Oracle 7 and 8 versions, but this is unmaintained.


=== mxODBC ===

  URL:: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/
  Licence:: eGenix Commercial License
  Platforms:: Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX
  Python versions:: 2.4 - 2.7

mxODBC is compatible with the Oracle ODBC drivers on Windows and Unix, such as the ones included in the [[http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html|Oracle Instant Client]].

=== pyodbc ===

  URL:: http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc
  License:: MIT
  Platforms:: Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, Any (source provided)
  Python versions:: 2.4 - 2.6

Actively maintained Open Source project.

Precompiled binaries are available for Windows.  Red``Hat Enterprise Linux, Centos, and Fedora have precompiled RPMs available in their Extras repositories.

=== OJDBC and JayDeBeApi ===

  URL:: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/JayDeBeApi
  licence:: LGPL
  platforms:: Any (requires Java)
  Python versions:: Tested on CPython 2.6.6 and Jython 2.5.2
  Oracle versions:: Any supported by Oracle's JDBC drivers (currently 8.1.7 to 11.2.0.2.0)
  Last release:: 0.1 (2010-08-16)

No InstantClient required. Download an Oracle JDBC driver (the filename will be something like ojdbc6.jar) from the [[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/jdbc/index-091264.html|Oracle website]], and set the classpath to include the driver. Note that if not running under Jython, JPype is required. Use code like the following:

{{{#!python
environ['JAVA_HOME'] = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre'
jpype.startJVM(jpype.getDefaultJVMPath(), '-Djava.class.path=ojdbc6.jar')
conn = jaydebeapi.connect('oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver', 'jdbc:oracle:thin:user/pass@server:1521:dbname')
}}}
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 * an Oracle (DCOracle and DCOracle2) driver exists for ["PyDO"] (Python Data Objects)
+ * [[Zope]]
 * an Oracle (DCOracle and DCOracle2) driver exists for [[PyDO]] (Python Data Objects)
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-[http://www.orafaq.com/forum Oracle Forum]
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-Oracle Wiki's: [http://www.orafaq.com/wiki English] [http://www.oracle-10g.de/oracle-wiki German]
+Oracle Wiki's: [[http://www.orafaq.com/wiki|English]] [[http://www.oracle-10g.de/oracle-wiki|German]]
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-Oracle Documentation: [http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_10g_documentation/index.htm 10g] [http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_9i_documentation/index.htm 9i] [http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_8i_documentation/index.htm 8i] [http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_7_documentation/index.htm 7]
+Oracle Documentation: [[http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_10g_documentation/index.htm|10g]] [[http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_9i_documentation/index.htm|9i]] [[http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_8i_documentation/index.htm|8i]] [[http://www.oracle-doku.de/oracle_7_documentation/index.htm|7]]

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