From info at egenix.com Wed Aug 12 12:03:41 2015 From: info at egenix.com (eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:03:41 +0200 Subject: [DB-SIG] ANN: eGenix mxODBC 3.3.4 - Python ODBC Database Interface Message-ID: <55CB19FD.3070401@egenix.com> ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC Python ODBC Database Interface Version 3.3.4 mxODBC is our commercially supported Python extension providing ODBC database connectivity to Python applications on Windows, Mac OS X, Unix and BSD platforms with many advanced Python DB-API extensions and full support of stored procedures This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.3.4-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION mxODBC provides an easy-to-use, high-performance, reliable and robust Python interface to ODBC compatible databases such as MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Informix and Netezza, SAP Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, Teradata, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many more: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ The "eGenix mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface" product is a commercial extension to our open-source eGenix mx Base Distribution: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS The 3.3.4 release of our mxODBC is a patch level release of our popular Python ODBC Interface for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. It includes these enhancements and fixes: Driver Compatibility -------------------- MS SQL Server * Added a work-around for MS SQL Server Native Client to be able to support VARCHAR/VARBINARY(MAX) columns when using the Native Client with direct execution mode or Python type binding mode. Thanks to ZeOmega for reporting this. * Added new helper singleton BinaryNull to allow binding a NULL to a VARBINARY column with SQL Server in direct execution mode or Python type binding mode (as used for FreeTDS). Using the usual None doesn't work in those cases, since SQL Server does not accept a VARCHAR data type as input for VARBINARY, except by using an explicit "CAST(? AS VARBINARY)". mxODBC binds None as VARCHAR for best compatibility, when not getting any type hints from the ODBC driver. Misc: * The various __version__ attributes in mxODBC are now automatically updated during release. In the past, we sometimes missed updating a few places when cutting releases. For the full set of changes please check the mxODBC change log: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/changelog.html ________________________________________________________________________ FEATURES mxODBC 3.3 was released on 2014-04-08. Please see the full announcement for highlights of the 3.3 release: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.3.0-GA.html For the full set of features mxODBC has to offer, please see: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Features ________________________________________________________________________ EDITIONS mxODBC is available in these two editions: * The Professional Edition, which gives full access to all mxODBC features. * The Product Development Edition, which allows including mxODBC in applications you develop. For a complete overview of the available editions, please see the product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#mxODBCEditions ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ In order to use the eGenix mxODBC package you will first need to install the eGenix mx Base package: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/ You can also simply use: pip install egenix-mxodbc and then get evaluation licenses from our website to try mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Evaluation ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Users are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC release to benefit from the new features and updated ODBC driver support. We have taken special care not to introduce backwards incompatible changes, making the upgrade experience as smooth as possible. Customers who have purchased mxODBC 3.3 licenses can continue to use their licenses with this patch level release. For upgrade purchases, we will give out 20% discount coupons going from mxODBC 2.x to 3.3 and 50% coupons for upgrades from mxODBC 3.x to 3.3. Please contact the eGenix.com Sales Team with your existing license serials for details for an upgrade discount coupon. If you want to try the new release before purchase, you can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Evaluation or writing to sales at egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for this product is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. _______________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION About Python (http://www.python.org/): Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python establishes an ideal programming platform for today's IT challenges. About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/): eGenix is a database focused software project, consulting and product company delivering expert services and professional quality products for companies, Python users and developers. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 12 2015) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC Plone/Zope Database Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ From info at egenix.com Wed Aug 19 12:06:38 2015 From: info at egenix.com (eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:06:38 +0200 Subject: [DB-SIG] ANN: eGenix mxODBC 3.3.5 - Python ODBC Database Interface Message-ID: <55D4552E.9040301@egenix.com> ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCING eGenix.com mxODBC Python ODBC Database Interface Version 3.3.5 mxODBC is our commercially supported Python extension providing ODBC database connectivity to Python applications on Windows, Mac OS X, Unix and BSD platforms with many advanced Python DB-API extensions and full support of stored procedures This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.3.5-GA.html ________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION mxODBC provides an easy-to-use, high-performance, reliable and robust Python interface to ODBC compatible databases such as MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Informix and Netezza, SAP Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, Teradata, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many more: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ The "eGenix mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface" product is a commercial extension to our open-source eGenix mx Base Distribution: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/ ________________________________________________________________________ NEWS The 3.3.5 release of our mxODBC is a patch level release of our popular Python ODBC Interface for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. It includes these enhancements and fixes: Features -------- * Documented the use of transaction isolation levels with mxODBC in a new section of the mxODBC manual. This features has been part of mxODBC for long time, but was never documented as such. Driver Compatibility -------------------- MS SQL Server * Fixed the definition of the BinaryNull singleton added in mxODBC 3.3.4 to make it pickleable and protect it against recreation. * Documented and recommended use of SET NOCOUNT ON for running multiple statements or stored procedures. This can not only resolve issues with error reporting, it also results in better performance. Bug Fixes --------- * Fixed a potential segfault during interpreter shutdown introduced in mxODBC 3.3.4. Found by ZeOmega while testing mxODBC with SQLAlchemy (SA) using the "mssql+mxodbc" SA engine Installation Enhancements ------------------------- * Added support for bdist_wheels to mxSetup, which is used for creating distribution packages of mxODBC, to allow building wheels from the prebuilt packages, e.g. during installation via pip. For the full set of changes please check the mxODBC change log: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/changelog.html ________________________________________________________________________ FEATURES mxODBC 3.3 was released on 2014-04-08. Please see the full announcement for highlights of the 3.3 release: http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-3.3.0-GA.html For the full set of features mxODBC has to offer, please see: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Features ________________________________________________________________________ EDITIONS mxODBC is available in these two editions: * The Professional Edition, which gives full access to all mxODBC features. * The Product Development Edition, which allows including mxODBC in applications you develop. For a complete overview of the available editions, please see the product page: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#mxODBCEditions ________________________________________________________________________ DOWNLOADS The download archives and instructions for installing the package can be found at: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/ In order to use the eGenix mxODBC package you will first need to install the eGenix mx Base package: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/ You can also simply use: pip install egenix-mxodbc and then get evaluation licenses from our website to try mxODBC: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Evaluation ________________________________________________________________________ UPGRADING Users are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC release to benefit from the new features and updated ODBC driver support. We have taken special care not to introduce backwards incompatible changes, making the upgrade experience as smooth as possible. Customers who have purchased mxODBC 3.3 licenses can continue to use their licenses with this patch level release. For upgrade purchases, we will give out 20% discount coupons going from mxODBC 2.x to 3.3 and 50% coupons for upgrades from mxODBC 3.x to 3.3. Please contact the eGenix.com Sales Team with your existing license serials for details for an upgrade discount coupon. If you want to try the new release before purchase, you can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Evaluation or writing to sales at egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need. _______________________________________________________________________ SUPPORT Commercial support for this product is available from eGenix.com. Please see http://www.egenix.com/services/support/ for details about our support offerings. _______________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/): eGenix is a database focused software project, consulting and product company delivering expert services and professional quality products for companies, Python users and developers. About Python (http://www.python.org/): Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use, clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid application design, Python establishes an ideal programming platform for today's IT challenges. Enjoy, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 19 2015) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC Plone/Zope Database Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/