SAP DB (MaxDB)

URL

http://www.sapdb.org/

licence

GPL

platforms

Linux/i386, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Dec, Windows

DB API 2.0 Drivers

sapdbapi

URL

http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_program.htm

licence

LGPL

platforms

see SAP DB

Python versions

1.5.2 - 2.2

Other Drivers

sapdb

URL

http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_program.htm

licence

LGPL

platforms

see SAP DB

Python versions

1.5.2 - 2.2

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)