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Masthead

URL

http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/database/oracle9i/

FAQ

http://www.orafaq.com/

licence

commercial (free development versions available on http://technet.oracle.com/)

platforms

Unix, win32

DB API 2.0 Drivers

DCOracle2

URL

http://www.zope.org/Members/matt/dco2

licence

ZPL

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

Extensions to DB API

Comments

cx_Oracle

URL

http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml

licence

[http://www.computronix.com/download/License(cxOracle).txt BSD like]

platforms

Unix, win32

Python versions

2.0 - 2.2

Extensions to DB API

Comments

Other Drivers

driver name

URL

licence

platforms

Python versions

Programming Model

Comments

Supported Python Applications

• ["Zope"]
• an Oracle (DCOracle and DCOracle2) driver exists for ["PyDO"] (Python Data Objects)

Pros

Cons

• Requires bloated Oracle client installation on any machine that the app will run on