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= SAP DB (MaxDB) =

  URL for 7.6 and later:: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb
  URL for 7.5:: (was http://www.mysql.org/products/maxdb/, but is no longer available)
  URL for 7.3 and 7.4:: http://www.sapdb.org/
  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

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== 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:: http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_program.htm
  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:: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/
  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:: http://www.sapdb.org/sap_db_program.htm
  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)
}}}

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== Supported Python Applications ==

 * a sapdb driver exists for [[PyDO]] (Python Data Objects)