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URL

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/default.mspx

licence
Commercial software, although a free edition "SQL Server 2005 Express" is available.
platforms
Windows 2000 and later.

DB API 2.0 Drivers

adodbapi

URL

http://adodbapi.sourceforge.net/

SourceForge

http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi

licence
LGPL
platforms
Windows only

pymssql

URL

http://pymssql.sourceforge.net/

SourceForge

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymssql

licence
LGPL
platforms
Windows and Unix

Comments

Other Drivers

ODBC

It is possible to connect to an SQL Server database using ODBC, either the mxODBC driver or the one included with Win32all. However, this is not recommended - adodbapi is a better solution, in part because it supports unicode.

Pros

SQL Server is a robust and fully-featured database, and it performs very well. Moreover, I have not had any problems using this database with Python.

Cons

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