[DB-SIG] Accessing MSSQL from Python

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Marcos S=E1nchez Provencio wrote:
> That could be useful. Do you mean
>=20
> MSSQL - FreeTDS - [unix]ODBC - mxODBC - Python
>=20
> ?
>=20
> Has anybody tried that? Anyway, I'd rather skip ODBC.

That procedure is described on the FreeTDS web-page,
so I suppose it works. The advantage here is that you can
easily port your program between Unix and Windows machines
without changing a single line of code.

>>On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 11:51:18AM +0200, Marcos S=E1nchez Provencio
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Hello there.
>>>
>>>Is there some portable way (I mean non-MS) to access MSSQL from
>>>Python? FreeTDS has a Python page which is absolutely blank.
>>
>>ODBC? (i mean mxODBC package, for instance)

--=20
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