SAP DB (MaxDB)
- URL for 7.6 and later
- URL for 7.5
(was http://www.mysql.org/products/maxdb/, but is no longer available)
- URL for 7.3 and 7.4
- licence
- 7.3 and 7.4 (GPL + LGPL), 7.5 (GPL), 7.6 and later (Commercial and free community edition)
- platforms
- Linux/i386, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Dec, Windows
DB API 2.0 Drivers
sdb.dbapi
- URL
http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/46/71b2a516ae0284e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
- licence
- (?) SAP now releases MaxDB for free, but no longer as open-source software
- platforms
- see SAP DB
- Python versions
sapdbapi
- URL
- licence
- LGPL
- platforms
- see SAP DB
- Python versions
- 1.5.2 - 2.2
This is for the older SAP DB releases 7.3 and 7.4.
mxODBC
- URL
- Licence
- eGenix.com Commercial License
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX
- Python versions
- 2.4 - 2.7
SAP DB's native CLI is ODBC compatible and mxODBC can link directly against these libraries on Unix. It also supports the SAPDB ODBC driver on Windows.
Supports all SAP DB versions.
Other Drivers
sdb.sql
- URL
http://maxdb.sap.com/doc/7_7/46/71b2a516ae0284e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
- licence
- (?) SAP now releases MaxDB for free, but no longer as open-source software
- platforms
- see SAP DB
- Python versions
sapdb
- URL
- licence
- LGPL
- platforms
- see SAP DB
- Python versions
- 1.5.2 - 2.2
This is for the older SAP DB releases 7.3 and 7.4.
Programming Model
cursor = session.sql ("select * from messages")
for msgno, lang, text in cursor:
print msgno, text
insert = session.prepare ("insert into sometable values (?, ?)")
print insert.getDescription ()
insert.execute (["string", 1])
select = session.prepare ("select * from messages where msgno < :msgno")
cursor = select.execute ([200])
print cursor.next ()
print cursor.relative (100)
print cursor.absolute (4)
print cursor.absolute (-4)
Supported Python Applications
a sapdb driver exists for PyDO (Python Data Objects)